Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Enterprise Architect (Data and Analytics)
ING Bank
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Employment Type: Full time
Date Posted: 2026-06-24
About the Role
We are seeking an Enterprise IT Architect with experience or a broad interest in Data and Analytics (including AI and GenAI). The focus of your architecture activities will be to establish resilient enterprise architectures for business and IT problems in line with the ING Belgium and Group.
Our job purpose is to translate business and tech vision and strategy into effective enterprise architectures by creating, communicating, and improving the key principles and architectural stories and models that describe the future state and enable its evolution to deliver the IT Architecture for the organization and its customers.
Responsibilities
- Execute the global Business & IT Roadmap process, with centralized designs and (logical) global decompositions.
- Work with a (virtual) team of domain and solution architects, both in a local and a global ING context.
- Draft, communicate, and get approval for IT architecture solution designs towards the target state, applying global standards and solutions where possible.
- Draft architectural roadmaps (logical sequence of steps), monitor, and manage the progress of the execution of Business & IT Roadmaps towards the target state.
Requirements
- University / Postgraduate (Master’s Degree).
- At least 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience.
- In-depth affinity with the architecture practice.
- Broad interest and knowledge in the areas of Data and Analytics, including Data Management, Data Governance, Data Technology, and various flavors of AI.
- Understanding of the relevant legal and regulatory requirements underpinning and constraining the area of data and analytics (e.g., GDPR, BCBS 239, AI Act).
- Proficient in English (ING’s corporate language) and Dutch or French.
- Behavioural competences: innovative, collaborative, communicative, manage complexity in a qualitative way.
- Technical competences: special attention to data, privacy, security, and ethics, in an autonomous way of working as a go-to-person for the architects, Business, and IT leadership.
Nice to Have
- TOGAF, ArchiMate, and/or Public Cloud (GCP / Azure) certifications.
We Offer
- Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realize your ambitions.
- An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors.
- A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention.
- A hybrid way of working, giving autonomy to employees to organize their work in a flexible way that suits them best while ensuring business continuity, customer service, and employee wellbeing.
- Participation in courses and trainings offered by the Tech Academy.
- Challenging local and ING Group projects & a steep learning curve.
About the Company
We’re on a journey that’s centered around our customers, powered by technology, and driven by smart, determined people. Our customers feel our people are empowering them to stay a step ahead in life and in business. We’re proud of that!
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