Infrastructure Architect

Writing the future. Together. 

Avaloq is a value driven, fast-paced financial technology and services company and we are committed to developing the banking solutions of tomorrow. 

By joining Avaloq, you’ll become a key part of our effort to power the digital transformation of the financial services industry. Our ambition is big and bold – to provide full end-to-end digital solutions by combining our leading efficiency with a flexible, responsible digital user experience. Headquartered in Zurich, Avaloq has over 2,000 employees globally. More information is available at www.avaloq.com  

Your Team 

Presales, Architecture and Consulting team is the branch unit within Global Platform Engineering and Delivery in charge of providing support to the Bid and Offering division, providing the best in class technical solution that fits with the business requirements received from an ITO standpoint. We are a global team, mainly based in Switzerland, but we’ve to take care of all the Avaloq Service Center worldwide (Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, more to come soon).
We’re also heavily involved in clients and prospects presentations to expose and clarify the IT technology used and the foreseen setup to ensure SLA and KPI of the solutions.

Your mission

• Assessing existing systems to ensure they meet business requirements
• Monitoring the security of existing business systems
• Predicting and overseeing infrastructure or software upgrades based on business needs
• Technical direction of new system implementations
• Creating detailed project plans for new system designs and roll outs
• Reporting on project deployments

What you need

• Master’s Degree in information technology or equivalent with 5-10 years’ experience in IT Architecture
• Proven communication, negotiation and client orientation skills
• Strong analytical skills and end-to-end view as well as strategic thinking and time management
• Good communications and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal). German, French or Italian are an advantage.

You will get extra points for the following

• Master’s Degree in information technology or equivalent with 5-10 years’ experience in IT Architecture
• Proven communication, negotiation and client orientation skills
• Strong analytical skills and end-to-end view as well as strategic thinking and time management
• Good communications and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal). German, French or Italian are an advantage.

Now let's talk about perks and compensation

We offer high flexibility in regards to working models (e.g. part time and home office models are possible depending on business requirements). Our base salaries are competitive and if you prove to be a superstar, you might even be entitled to an extraordinary achievement reward. Avaloq aims to share its success with all its employees by paying out “Success Share Units” depending on its performance in a given year.

At Avaloq we embrace diversity, we embrace difference. We are whole-heartedly committed to equal employment opportunities and we foster an inclusive culture where everyone’s' contributions are valued and their voices are listened to. We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other fascinating characteristics that make us different. Please note that our job descriptions are intended to be written in an inclusive and gender neutral language.

Don’t be shy – apply!

Please only apply online, preferably with pdf documents.

Note to Agencies: All unsolicited résumés will be considered direct applicants and no referral fee will be acknowledged.