Raiffeisen Bank is the largest Ukrainian bank with foreign capital. For more than 30 years, we have been creating and building the banking system of our country.
Raiffeisen employs more than 5,000 employees, including one of the largest product IT teams, which includes 900+ specialists. Every day, we work side by side so that more than 2.5 million of our clients can receive quality service, use the bank’s products and services, and develop their business, because we are #TogetherWithUkraine.
Your future responsibilities:
Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and roadmaps aligned with the bank’s business strategy
Develop and govern the Enterprise Architecture framework across application, data, integration, and technology domains
Maintain and evolve the enterprise application portfolio (1,000+ applications), driving rationalization, modernization, and technical debt reduction
Lead Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes — evaluate solution designs, ensure compliance with EA principles, and provide architectural decisions on cross-domain initiatives
Own and manage the Technology Radar — assess emerging technologies, define technology standards and lifecycle policies, guide adoption and sunset decisions
Collaborate with tribe leads, product owners, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with business priorities across 10 domains
Drive adoption of industry frameworks and standards (TOGAF, BIAN, ArchiMate) to ensure architectural consistency and banking domain alignment
Conduct architecture maturity assessments, identify capability gaps, and define improvement roadmaps
Provide strategic guidance on data architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise data governance and regulatory requirements
Facilitate cross-tribe architectural alignment, resolve architectural conflicts, and ensure coherent end-to-end solution design
Mentor and coach solution architects and engineering leads, fostering architecture thinking culture and design excellence across teams
Communicate architecture strategy, decisions, and trade-offs to C-level stakeholders and technical audiences alike
Your skills and experience:
7–10+ years of IT experience with at least 3 years in enterprise or solution architecture roles in banking or financial services
Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and modeling notations (ArchiMate, UML, BPMN)
Hands-on experience with EA tooling (LeanIX, Ardoq, Mega, or similar) for portfolio management, dependency mapping, and capability modeling
Deep understanding of banking domain: core banking systems, payments, lending, customer onboarding, KYC/AML, regulatory compliance
Experience with BIAN (Banking Industry Architecture Network) service landscape and its practical application
Strong expertise in integration architecture: API management, ESB/iPaaS, event-driven patterns (Kafka, event streaming), and microservices governance
Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and hybrid infrastructure strategies, including containerization (Kubernetes, Docker) and IaC (Terraform)
Experience with data architecture concepts: data mesh/data fabric, master data management, data governance frameworks, and analytics platforms (Snowflake, dbt, or similar)
Knowledge of modern software engineering practices: DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, CI/CD, DevOps, and observability
Proven experience in technology portfolio governance: technology radar management, lifecycle policies, build-vs-buy analysis, and vendor assessment
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills — ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language for executive audiences
Experience facilitating architecture review boards, workshops, and cross-functional alignment sessions
Strategic thinking combined with pragmatic execution — ability to balance long-term architectural vision with short-term delivery needs
Fluent English communicati
