Solution Architect (f/m/x)

As a Solution Architect, you are responsible for:

• Translating complex business or IT problems into solution building blocks across business, application, and technology layers.
• Assisting stakeholders in capturing functional requirements and quality attribute goals.
• Defining and documenting architecture, including decisions and views addressing stakeholder concerns.
• Ensuring principles, policies, standards, and guidelines are applied.
• Providing guidance during implementation and responding to changes in architecture.
• Communicating solution architecture to business and IT stakeholders.
• Collaborating with other architects to ensure consistent architecture for Deutsche Bank Belgium.
• Supporting development and operational teams in solving technology challenges.

Skills:

• Proven expertise in Middleware (Messaging, API Gateway), API standards (REST, Swagger), Java, container-based deployment (Openshift, Kubernetes, Helm), Docker, and authentication/authorization protocols (OpenID Connect, OAuth2).

• Solid understanding of security in transactional microservices environments (DMZ, cryptography, PKI certificates, PEN testing, XSS, CSRF).
• Experience with modelling techniques (UML, ArchiMate) and tools (Sparx EA).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills in both technical and business language.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
• Fluent in English and French or Dutch.
• Customer-focused, creative, analytical, and highly motivated to work in a challenging environment.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively, with strong team spirit.

Well-being & benefits:

• Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health. Our corporate culture promotes dialogue and encourages sharing opinions and feedback (speak-up culture).
• Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. As an example, you can benefit from health care options and bike lease available through Flex Benefit Plan, standing desks, medical check-ups, training and keynotes on well-being, etc.
• Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being. We offer a flat organizational structure with close collaboration and open communication between teams; a dynamic, innovative work environment in which our employees and customers are central;
• Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future. We offer you an attractive remuneration package (meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance, group insurance, flexible reward plan, ...), tailored to your experience, as well as the opportunity to develop yourself at every stage of your career. We also propose corporate benefits via our partner network (promotions on travel, interior, utilities, etc.).

Deutsche Bank was certified as a Top Employer 2025 in Belgium for the fifth year in a row.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.