Location: Brussels center (2d/week on site minimum)Languages: English and Dutch and/or FrenchEmployment Type: FreelanceStart Date: ASAPEnd Date: 31/12/2025(Renewable) In the context of the Group IT formation of the client Group, the Enterprise Architect service will: Analyze corporate strategy and translate it into portfolio management strategies, business driven IT roadmaps and business capability maps Define the architecture and functional design needs to support and meet company business goals Communicate the application strategy process to business and IT actors of client Group Gather and analyze business requirements using business, IT surveys in order to evaluate the IT landscape Conduct trade off analysis using industry known methods (e.g.: ATAM) in order to formulateconstructive recommendations Help to maintain the application portfolio in close corporation with application owners and other stakeholders Collect application related information (for instance, cost related information) as additional input for the analysis using industry standard methods (e.g.: CBAM) Maintain an application map of the as is landscape,,, of the various layers, e.g. applications, technology, data and integration in order to enrich the Enterprise Architecture repository Maintain the architecture decisions repository validate the recommendations with the senior management of business and IT Contribute in building an enterprise wide IT roadmap covering current and planned initiatives, projects and programs reflecting impacts and dependencies Integrate architecture related processes with other IT management processes like Project Portfolio and IT Service Management Requirements. Experience in an Enterprise Architecture function (min. 10 years) Experience in IT Processes and methodologies, using standards such as ITIL, TOGAF, ArchiMate, Domain Driven Design... Experience with cloud native Architecture patterns Familiar with Microservices & Event driven architectures Familiar with Gartner Architecture Frameworks (TIME for APM for exle) Experience with Modeling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect (or similar tools) Team player with strong collaboration focus and very good presentation skills Experience with merger situations and following transformations is a plus Notable real world experience of architecting, designing, and delivering IT products in an agile environment is a plus Fluent in English. Dutch or French knowledge is mandatory