Job ID: 5165
Welcome to Group Technology, where we engineer innovative solutions and drive Nordea's transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.
We are looking for a Senior IT Architect responsible for defining and governing solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, fulfillment of business requirements, and delivery of secure, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions.
This position is offered under a full-time employment agreement.
Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're not just a bank; we're a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people's daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.
About our team
Meet the Risk and Legal Technology Service Domain team. We deliver value by building strong technology capabilities that support solutions for managing non-financial risks and legal matters across Nordea Group. We strengthen Nordea’s technology landscape through a mix of SaaS solutions and internally developed applications.
Key responsibilities:
Design architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and strategic technology roadmap
Communicate and explain architecture to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and make sound architectural decisions
Develop and maintain comprehensive solution design documentation, incorporating detailed process flows, system architecture diagrams, and data models to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with business and technical requirements
Own solution and domain-level architecture for complex initiatives
Collaborate closely with development teams, analysts, and other architects to ensure architectural decisions are well understood, consistently applied, and practically implemented
Continuously develop your architectural and technical skills, actively sharing knowledge and supporting less experienced colleagues through guidance and example
Who you are
This is the right role for you if you:
Work in a structured and analytical manner, contributing mainly at solution and domain level while understanding how decisions support broader architectural and business goals
Contribute actively to decisions, raise concerns, and escalate architectural risks constructively
Communicate with clarity and thrive on collaborating with diverse teams to ensure architecture is communicated effectively and consistently
Support and co-facilitate discussions bridging technology and business
Focus on personal development and provide guidance and knowledge sharing to other team members
Required qualifications:
6+ years of experience delivering solution architecture detailed process flows, system diagrams, and data
Solid understanding of enterprise architecture and governance, with the ability to apply them pragmatically
Strong knowledge of integration technologies and patterns, with the ability to design robust integrations
Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex architectural challenges
Strong stakeholder management skills across teams and roles
Excellent communication skills in English, comfortable with diverse audiences
Preferred qualifications:
Experience in the financial services or banking sector, especially with retail products
Knowledge of process automation platforms
Experience working with agile methodology (SAFe)
If this sounds like you, get in touch!
Next steps
Submit your application no later than 20/07/2026.
For union information, please contact finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACONordea@nordea.com.