Technology Architect (m/f/d)

Zürcher Kantonalbank und ihre Tochtergesellschaften

Zürich

Key information

Publication date:24 September 2025
Workload:100%
Place of work:Zürich

Job summary

Join our IT Architecture team in Zürich, shaping future technologies. Opportunity for growth in a supportive work environment.

Tasks

Advise stakeholders on technology use and technical architecture.
Develop strategic technology roadmaps for IT landscape evolution.
Manage technology lifecycle and support standard technology transitions.

Skills

Degree in (Business) Informatics or relevant experience required.
Experience as an Enterprise IT Architect in finance sector.
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and modern architecture frameworks.

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80% - 100% | IT / Business Engineering | Zurich | Experienced Professionals

Our central IT architecture team, currently with nearly 20 employees, shapes the evolution of technologies, platforms, and cloud services used within Zürcher Kantonalbank in close collaboration with our stakeholders. Among other things, this lays the foundation for the bank's technical innovation and resilience.

In our central enterprise IT architecture, you take on an advisory and controlling role in shaping our IT landscape.

Your tasks

Advising stakeholders on the use of technologies as well as on technical architecture (e.g., regarding the recoverability of critical bank functions)
Developing target images and technology radars for the strategic further development of the IT landscape
Preparing decision templates for the IT Architecture Board (e.g., regarding technology standards)
Developing proposals for the CIO meeting to streamline the deployed technology portfolio
Managing the lifecycle of technologies and platforms
Supporting stakeholders in the transition from non-standard to standard technologies, etc.
Maintaining and further developing data-driven architectural approaches

Your profile

Completed education or training in (business) informatics or comparable professional experience
Several years of experience as an enterprise IT architect in complex IT landscapes in the financial services sector
Experience with modern architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), capability-based modeling, and working in agile environments (e.g., with SCRUM, SAFe) is an advantage
Broad know-how about on-premises and cloud infrastructure technologies, IT solutions & reference architectures
Knowledge of key technologies in these areas (e.g., Azure Services, hyper-converged server infrastructure, Kubernetes, application servers, DB technologies, etc.)
You score with your intrinsic enthusiasm for understanding and solving tasks and IT solutions as a whole
Very good German language skills

Our offer

Experienced and supportive team with plenty of creative freedom
Exciting projects around the IT architectures of Zürcher Kantonalbank
Open culture of continuous (further) development – professionally, technically, and personally
Your work-life balance is important to us, and we also want to support you in your part-time career as a parent
Your colleagues and stakeholders are all located in the same building, at home office, or in the building across the street – without time difference
Various events and internal networks offer you the opportunity to network quickly
Attractive overall package with extensive fringe benefits and discounts from A for retirement provision to Z for zoo tickets

Lianna Müller
is happy to help you.
Phone: 044 292 28 89