We are seeking a motivated Solution Architect to join the Enterprise Strategy and Architecture team at National Australia Bank. As a Solution Architect, you need to define the end-to-end technical architecture to support the delivery of the investment slate, guiding and influencing business delivery and ensuring alignment to target state technology.

Your Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction-setting for key business outcomes
• Deliver an end-to-end technical outcome across one or more banking domains. They identify service impacts. They understand how new and existing target states will be consumed to deliver and initiative. They work to shape and sequence initiative features on service backlogs.
• Provide technical direction and consultation to the architecture team, across the technology lifecycle, creating and maintaining the Target State Architecture for each capability within the domain and mapping all components to the assest management system.
• Align application roadmap to NAB technology strategy and architectural principles/patterns.
• Perform architecture optimization, scaled modeling, various forms of walkthroughs design reviews
• Drive the service feature backlog grooming and raises features, epics and stories as suited for delivery and providing architecture input into the prioritization of backlog items. Ensure capabilities external to the service are also identified a dependencies where appropriate.
• Create impact analysis of functional and non-functional requirements and constraints on the business roadmap in the current business and technology environment including the regulatory impacts and risks.
• Make the document architectural decisions to satisfy regulatory and compliance requirements for the domain.
• Validate design artifacts for completeness, ensuring testability to enable effective change management of assessments within the domain.
• Support “You build it, you run it” by participating in service production releases.

Your skills and experiences

• Experience of 10+ years in Technology generally.
• Experience of 5+ years in end-to-end solution architecture design. 
• Experience driving end-to-end solutions in complex organisations with regulatory and legacy constraints.
• Strong business acumen and engagement skills to influence business strategy to help shape, triage, prioritize business outcomes and develop roadmaps for the business unit/domains.
• Financial services experience is essential.
• Commercial / Business Lending experience highly desirable. Experience in specialised finance, in particular Leasing / Equipment Finance is beneficial, as is any experience in programs of legacy transformation work.
• Ability to lead and maintain backlog of business outcomes portfolio view of the business domain.
• Experience in working in a scale agile structure to help coordinate work to a persistent team of solution architects.
• Proven experience in strong business engagement, and influencing skills with the ability to navigate complex topics with fact-based analysis.
• Understand the trade-off involved in technology change while simultaneously delivering business benefits.
• Require commercial acumen, business alignment, and ability to negotiate.
• Degree in Computer Science/information system or equivalent technical qualification.
• Architecture or technology-related certifications/cloud will be an advantage.
• Business acumen in the banking / financial; services industry will be an advantage.

THE BENEFITS AND PERKS

1. Generous compensation and benefit package

• Attractive salary and benefits
• 20-day annual leave and 7-day sick leave, etc.
• 13th month salary and Annual Performance Bonus
• Premium healthcare for yourself and family members
• Monthly allowance for team activities
• Premium welcome kit and frequent appreciation gifts
• Extra benefits for long-term employees

2. Exciting career and development opportunities

• Large scale products with modern technologies in banking domain
• Clear roadmap for career advancement in both technical and leadership pathways
• Well-structured learning and development programs (technical and soft skills)
• Sponsored certificates in both IT and banking/finance
• Premium accounts on Udemy
• English learning with native teachers
• Opportunity for traveling & training in Australia

3. Professional and engaging working environment

• Hybrid working model and good work-life balance
• Well-equipped & modern Agile office with fully stocked pantry
• Special programs to improve your physical and mental health
• Annual company trip and events
• A solid talented team behind you - great people who love what they do

A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE WORKS BETTER FOR EVERYONE

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their true authentic selves at NAB. With our focus on inclusion and diversity, and in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups, NAB is a place where First Nations colleagues, colleagues of all genders, sexualities and ages, carers and colleagues with disability, and colleagues from all cultures, races and religions have the opportunity to thrive, connect and grow.

We are intent on providing an environment where you can work your way. Ask about our many flexible work options and please let us know if we can provide any adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

CLOUD-FIRST

NAB is undergoing an exciting "Cloud First" technology transformation by taking advantage of the latest tools and techniques used by leading technology and digital companies globally. But it’s not just about the Tech, we are also investing heavily in our people, so if you have an appetite to learn, grow and elevate others around you, this is the place for you!

If this excites you, let's have a chat over a cup of coffee!