Lead Solutions Architect - CREST New Technology

The role – Lead Solution Architect – CREST New Technology
IT is at the core of Euroclear’s business, providing continuous development, assisting in delivering a cost efficient and high-quality service to its customers. Currently the core business is run on HP NonStop Servers (Tandem). Communications infrastructure and message routing functionality are implemented on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Euroclear is starting to evaluate the migration of CREST from COBOL programs running on the HPE NonStop Guardian platform to new technology capable of running on a commoditised platform such as Linux. 

Key technologies: Java, OpenShift, Databases (Oracle, SQL Server), Kafka.

Responsibilities:

It is expected that this migration will be an incremental process over a period of years.

Our new technology will be Java based and use Event Hub technology (such as Kafka) for integration between the new migrated services and non-migrated legacy CREST system. Platform independence of migrated services is required to allow running on OpenShift Linux environments. 

Further responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Defining options and providing recommendations for migration from legacy to new event driven and service focused architecture working in collaboration with the Euroclear Enterprise Architecture team, CREST application architects and other parties

• Delivering a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements

• Ensuring: 

  • that the IT solution fully aligns with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards

  • end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams

• Collaborating with security to ensure that our new solution meets security standards

• Establishing:  

  • infrastructure requirements and collaborating with the infrastructure teams to deliver the Technical and Infrastructure design

  • guidelines, patterns and standards for solutions architecture and design in new technology stack

  • prototypes / proof of concepts to prove the key components of proposed new architecture

  • estimation principles for phases of the migration program and for the proof-of-concept exercises

• Leading the implementation of the prototypes and follow-on work

• Presenting proposed solution architecture and plans to Euroclear management, customers & team-members

• Acting as technical authority for the new solution under the new technical stack

Requirements:

Our next Solution Architect – CREST New Technology will have demonstrable solutions architecture skills and experience alongside validated strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering inception, budgeting, architecture, design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support.

Technical skills:

• Strong experience in implementing Event Hub technology (such as Kafka) and modern architecture (for example, service oriented architecture, microservices architecture)

• Experience in:

  • leading the implementation of platform-independent and database independent applications

  • working with Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments

• We require our next Solution Architect – CREST New Technology to possess strong:

  • analytical and systems architecture/design skills

  • database design skills in database technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server etc.

  • EDA technology - Kafka

  • commodity platform – OpenShift, containerisation skills

  • hands-on Object Oriented Design and Java programming skills

Soft skills:

• Have ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues and those you mentor, coach & lead

• Be;

  • a stand out colleague and role model, willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers

  • reliable, self-motivated and able to work without close management and supervision

• Possess inspiring communication and presentation skills to present proposals both orally and in writing

• The validated ability: 

  • to complete work within agreed timescales

  • to identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s)

  • to be flexible and demonstrate the ability to be able to deal with a dynamic environment

  • to supervise, lead, inspire and coach technical staff

  • take ownership and accountability of project work under their control

Nice to have:

• Messaging Standards

  • ISO 15022, ISO 20022 and JSON

• Experience in Agile development.

• IBM MQ

• Angular framework

• HPE NonStop

• Knowledge of the Settlement systems (CREST)

About Us

Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system. 

What We Offer:

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries. 

• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment. 

• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month and also benefit from remote working. 

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear

About the Team

The Group Business Solutions (GBS) division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesn't compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.