Solution Architect

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

ANZ NZ is embarking on an exciting multi-year transformation programme. At the heart of this transformation is the modernisation of our Core Banking Platform. This initiative also involves a significant upgrade of our Integration Platforms to support the new Core, and a major enhancement in the way we build and deliver customer and employee experiences, prompting a rethink of our Enterprise Reference Architecture.

We are seeking a Solution Architect to contribute to the modernisation of our Channels and Integration Architecture. This role involves designing standardised Business Services, reducing duplication of effort, and improving the speed, safety, and efficiency of delivery through the implementation of modern architecture, standardisation, and reuse.

Role Location: This role can be based in either Auckland or Wellington. Let us know what works for you.

Role Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Standard)

As a Solution Architect in our Enterprise Architecture team, you will:

• Proactively engage with internal stakeholders and vendors to ensure solutions are customer-focused and fit-for-purpose in the channels and integration areas.
• Author and contribute to high-level solution designs, solution modelling, options analyses, and other architecture artefacts as required.
• Identify and evaluate solution options, making recommendations that align with project objectives, architecture principles, reference architectures, and platform target states.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects across the group to determine and influence the execution of best practices, principles, and patterns.
• Frame key architecture decisions and develop architecture patterns for reuse across the architecture practice.
• Socialise architecture artefacts with key stakeholders, guiding them through the architecture governance process for endorsement.
• Be part of our cross-disciplined architecture team and the broader engineering and customer experience communities within the enterprise.
• Actively participate in shaping and delivering the personal banking technology roadmap by identifying opportunities and advocating for newer and better architecture and technology approaches to keep the organisation nimble and competitive.

To thrive and excel in this role, you should ideally possess the following:

• Strong understanding of modern integration technologies, including RESTful APIs, microservice architectures, event-driven architecture, stateful process services, externally facing APIs, SaaS integration, API security, OAuth, OIDC, etc.
• Familiarity with and participation in the use of architecture models, frameworks, and practices, such as BIAN, TOGAF, Architecture Patterns, Service Design, Domain Driven Design, etc.
• Experience in providing solution direction in medium to large enterprises, especially with legacy modernisation in large, complex environments.
• Ability to influence, collaborate, and negotiate with stakeholders at multiple levels to inform their decision-making.
• Experience in modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Highly aware of cybersecurity threats, Identity, and security standards and technologies, relevant to integration and channel applications.

You're not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 93037.