At a glance

Are you an Azure professional who enjoys combining technical depth with people leadership? Do you like findings solutions that actually work in a complex enterprise landscape? Then this role might be a great fit.

We are looking for a Chapter Lead Azure Platform within the Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Grid at ABN AMRO. You are responsible for strengthening the IT craftsmanship of our engineers while actively contributing to the direction of the Grids IT landscape. You help shape how we work with Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions, SaaS platforms and bespoke applications.

This role is about improving quality, making thoughtful technical choices, and helping people grow.

Your job

As Chapter Lead, you combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership and people responsibility. You will:

Spend around half of your time working as an IT Engineer within your own scrum team, contributing to the design, implementation, and maintenance of our solutions,

Take responsibility for the IT craftsmanship of your Chapter: helping engineers grow their skills, make better technical decisions (clean design, automation-first, etc.), and take pride in the quality of their work.

Take responsibility for HR-related topics within your Chapter, such as onboarding, performance discussions, development planning, and team health.

Contribute to defining and evolving the IT vision and landscape of the NFR Grid, together with Architects, Product Owners, and IT Leads.

Help teams navigate a mixed landscape of custom-built systems, COTS packages, and SaaS implementations,

Advocate for Agile, and DevOps practices, Quality Assurance and CI/CD, while staying pragmatic about what fits the context.

Make trade-offs between innovation, stability, security, and maintainability.

Help foster a safe, inclusive, and constructive working culture.

Continuously develop your own knowledge and help the Chapter stay current with Azure and cloud-native developments.

You dont need to have all the answers, but you do need to enjoy guiding others toward them.

Working environment

The Chapter consists of around 10 engineers with varying levels of experience. You will collaborate closely with several of them in your block. The focus of the block is ensuring that our Azure platforms, SaaS and COTS solutions run reliably, securely, and efficiently within the NFR domain. We continuously improve how we deploy, release, monitor, and automate our solutions, always looking for sensible ways to simplify and modernize.

You report to the IT Lead, who acts as your sparring partner on topics such as staffing, architecture, and long-term direction.

Youll work in an international, diverse environment where openness, technical discussion, and learning from each other are valued.

Your profile

You recognize yourself in the following:

Leadership & mindset

Experience in coaching and leading engineers.

Able to translate vision into clear direction and practical steps.

Comfortable balancing innovation with stability.

Strong communicator who connects easily with different stakeholders.

Motivated by improving both systems and people.

Technical strength

Solid experience with Azure cloud architecture (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

Experience with migration and modernization paths, from lift-and-shift to SaaS adoption.

CI/CD and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

Security and governance-aware (Azure Policy, RBAC, Defender for Cloud).

Monitoring and optimization using Azure-native tooling.

Networking and identity knowledge (VNets, Azure AD, Private Endpoints).

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).

We are offering

We believe it is important to be a good employer. Joining us means stepping into a role with impact, supported by excellent employment conditions that foster your job satisfaction, development, and wellbeing. 

In addition, we offer: 

• An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget. 
• An excellent pension scheme, ensuring that you are well prepared for the future. 
• Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role. We will provide an ergonomic home office setup for you. 
• Plenty of room for relaxation with five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. You can also purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually. 
• Five Banking for better days: extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work. 
• Personal development is key: you receive a development budget of 1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to 3,000. 
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use. 

 
You can find more information about our employment conditions and salary scales in our Collective Labour Agreement (CLA), which applies to this vacancy. 

Interested?

Are you interested? Then respond to this vacancy. For more information, you can reach the Chapter Lead recruitment team at recruitment_team_it@nl.abnamro.com
We would like to get to know you!

Your Future: Inclusive, Innovative, Sustainable

At ABN AMRO, we believe in "Banking for better, for generations to come." Equal opportunities for everyone are a crucial foundation, as we strive for an inclusive culture where all employees feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision of being a personal bank in the digital age aligns perfectly with the demand for surprising insights and innovative solutions, born from a diverse interplay of cultures and experiences. We focus on customer experience, sustainability, and building a future-proof bank, conducting annual reviews to ensure equal pay for equal work. Join a bank that embraces ingenuity and ambition, and make an impact with us for a better future.

If you want to apply for the B-Able or Reboot program, make sure to mention it both in the title and the content of your resume.

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