System Architect - IaaS Compute & Storage

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KBC Group provides banking services in 5 European countries. The international IT solutions of the banking group, covering several European countries, takes place with Hungarian and Belgian colleagues in Hungary and Belgium, therefore not only our services are international, but also our teams. Our responsibilities range from day-to-day operation to application development and its operation. We are constantly expanding the Hungarian side of the team, which is why we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated new team members with junior, medior or possibly senior work experience.

As System Architect for IaaS Compute & Storage within Group Data Centers (GDC), you define and guard the end to end architecture of KBC’s on premise infrastructure platforms. You translate strategic direction, risk constraints and operational needs into clear architectural choices for compute and storage services that underpin critical banking workloads.

You work at the intersection of engineering, product management and governance. Beyond designing target architectures, you ensure they are buildable, operable and compliant, guiding teams through lifecycle changes, platform evolution, and large transformation programs (e.g. datacenter renewal, resilience improvements, automation). You are a trusted technical authority who brings clarity, makes tradeoffs explicit and keeps the long term architecture coherent.

What you can expect working with us:

• You can make sure your future career is steady within our company
• Life-long learning and plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself
• Competitive salary as well as other benefits such as:
  
• 10% customizable cafeteria,
• annual performance-based reward,
• company phone with mobile internet, that you can use for private purposes as well
• employee discount at the bank
• Medicare

• Your English language skills won’t be worn out as you can use it on a daily basis
• Flexible schedule as we don’t use ‘Clock in Clock out’ system
• As our focus is on teamwork we consider it important to hang out in the "open office" together, but you have the option to spend 3 days per week working from home
• We value your insight and are always open to suggestions
• International environment with a cheerful work atmosphere
• Green office in Millennium Park, equipped with:
  
• bicycle storage and showers
• restaurant with panoramic views over the Danube and the National Theatre
• free coffee in our community area where we hang out and play darts, and many dining options in the surrounding area

Your responsibilities:

• Own the system architecture for IaaS compute and storage platforms (e.g. virtualization, cluster design, SAN/NAS, DRP constructs, zoning and segregation).
• Define and maintain as is and to be architectures, including architectural principles, guardrails and standards aligned with KBC Enterprise Architecture and Assurance expectations.
• Create and evolve the architectural runway: enable upcoming platform capabilities while managing technical debt and lifecycle constraints.
• Guide and challenge solution designs proposed by teams, vendors and integrators; ensure consistency across datacenters and environments.
• Lead architectural decisions around availability, resilience, performance, scalability, recoverability and security, balancing cost and risk.
• Act as architectural counterpart in major initiatives (e.g. NewDC, DRP redesign, storage evolution, hypervisor lifecycle, automation initiatives).
• Bring architectural topics to the appropriate architecture boards and governance forums; clearly document decisions and rationale.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, SDO, Risk and Security to ensure architectures are operationally sound and auditable.
• Mentor engineers by explaining architectural intent and promoting systems thinking across the teams.

What we expect from you:

• Strong experience as a System or Infrastructure Architect in complex enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of IaaS x86 compute and storage technologies (virtualization platforms, SAN/NAS concepts, DRP patterns, capacity and performance design).
• Experience with integration towards supporting services (telecom, Service Now, PaaS platforms, etc.)
• Proven ability to design architectures that are resilient, secure and operable in regulated environments.
• Comfortable working in a SAFe / agile context, translating strategy into enabler epics and architectural guidance.
• Able to reason at multiple levels: from conceptual models to concrete technical implications.
• Strong communication skills: you can explain architectural choices to both technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Fluent in English

What you can expect during the recruitment process:

• After sending your CV in English, expect a three-round interview process, one online with our local recruiter, one online in English with the Belgian team leader, and the final round is in person at our office in Budapest (in Hungarian) to get to know each other better.
• An efficient selection process is important for both of us, so we try to make it as fast as possible, and even if you are not selected we will give you a detailed feedback.