Platform IT Architect

Job ID: 3567

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct 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 an experienced IT Platform Architect to shape, govern, and evolve Nordea’s strategic technology platforms. The role is central to ensuring that the platforms are secure, compliant, resilient, and aligned with Nordea’s target architecture and regulatory requirements. As the Platform Architect, you will own the end to end architectural vision of the platform, bridging business strategy, security, and engineering execution. You will work closely with enterprise architects, security architects, cloud teams, and delivery organizations to ensure the platform can be safely scaled and reused across Nordea.

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 technical Security Architecture team. Our role is to shape Nordea’s strategic technology platforms and strategy. We work in a collaborative environment with cutting-edge technologies.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Architectural Leadership:
• Define and maintain the high-level architecture vision for our core platforms across all our hosting solutions: Cloud, AI, Data Centre implementing industry leading hypervisors, APIs, portals, container platforms and public cloud enablers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Align all designs with Nordea’s target architecture, strategy and governance processes.
• Compliance & Governance
• Ensure Nordea’s strategic technology platforms adhere to Nordea IT Security Guidelines, Resilience Framework, and segregation of duties.
• Validate our core setup against Nordea standards for identity management, audit logging, penetration testing, and cloud exit strategies.
• Transformation Enablement
• Collaborate with other and Nordea architects to define the long-term vision for our platforms and remediate technical and compliance gaps.
• Technical Oversight
• Oversee secure integrations (Connectivity patterns, IAM, SIEM).
• Manage identity lifecycle and service account provisioning within Nordea’s strategic technology platforms.
• Documentation & Standards
• Produce and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Solution Design Documents (SDDs).
• Document compliance status and justify exceptions per Nordea architecture governance.

Who you are

Your background and skills include:

• Experience in enterprise architecture and cloud migration programs (Azure, AWS, GCP preferred).
• Knowledge of Nordea IT Security Guidelines, Resilience Framework, and regulatory compliance.
• Expertise in identity management, network security, and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with FURPS+ non-functional requirements and architecture governance processes.
• Experience in stakeholder management and ability to work across multiple teams.

It would be ideal if you also have:

• TOGAF or similar architecture certification.
• Experience with financial services compliance and cloud carve-out projects.
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure API Management, Entra ID, and VPN connectivity.

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 05/03/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Victor Arroyo at victor.arroyo@nordea.com.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com.