Afarax is looking for a freelance Functional Architect. We need you!Our client in the insurance sector is looking for a Functional Architect to join their team. Objective of the jobUpdate of the as-is architecture: You complete and maintain the architecture schemas based on interviews with all stakeholdersArchitecture & application lifecycle management:You maintain a high-level vision of our functional and application architecture.You define current and target state application architecture aligned with requirements of the various business and technology initiatives, ensuring the necessary coherence in applications architecture.You improve and maintain the processes, the tools used to realize our functional architecture analysis.Requirements & solution definition:On some projects, you are responsible for gathering & consolidating the business requirements: this includes not only documenting & analysing, but also negotiating, prioritizing, alternatives proposals, definition & organization of the approach for collecting & consolidating the requirements to lead to a consistent & reliable solution.You have the ability to analyse, define, design and propose solutions to business problems at the highest level of complexity or in areas calling for significantly innovative approaches.The solutions you propose take into account not only the business requirements, but also the application development standards & the operational constraints & risks.Analysis & design:During development of the target architecture, you compare application options according to function, technology and cost, make a recommendation and develop potential migration paths to the target state model.You understand the functional and technical architecture.You realize the functional architecture analysis and estimate the implementation cost for requirements.You hand over the functional architecture analysis to the functional and technical analysts and deliver further support if necessary.You integrate the relevant stakeholders (business / domain experts / ...) in the analysis & design process to ensure knowledge transfer & coaching.Realization:During the realization phase of applications, you follow up the compliance of architecture with standards and support architecture responsibilities as part of the standard project lifecycle.You are responsible for the functional coherence of your domains: determination, implementation and follow up of functional concepts, integration of business needs in existing software solutions.You advise the different actors during the implementation phasing and bring a functional coaching to the functional development points of contact.Client relationship / stakeholder management:You assist the team manager and project leaders in the customer's relation.You establish and maintain working relationships with technology management, business management, program sponsors, key business clients, and infrastructure management.These objectives are meant to clarify what is typically expected from an IT Architect, they are not limitative or exhaustive. Is this you?Good knowledge of English, Fluent in Dutch and/or FrenchIT (master in Computer Sciences, IT engineer, ...)Strong interest for Business Process AnalysisGood knowledge in modelling applications/processes, functional analysisKnowledge of InsuranceMastering of MS-Office toolsUnderstanding of relevant technologies and development life cyclesFamiliar with integration issues: Cobol, DB2, SQL server, .NET (REST API, Asb), ETLSimilar function and Solution AnalysisDeep knowledge and experience of architectureService Oriented Architecture, design patterns, architecture methodologiesBuilding and construction functional design of insurance applications partsDeveloping whole pictureInsurance and/or Banking applicationsSelf-starter with a considerable degree of autonomyPragmatic & solution orientedOpen and analytical mind with a good level of abstractionExcellent presentation, written and oral communication skills to clearly express and communicate concepts, designs and proposalsDemonstrated ability to interact with all technical and non-technical members of the organisation How afarax supports you?You benefit from our extensive networkYou will have access to projects that fit your expertiseWe help and support you throughout your projectWe offer the possibility to build a valuable and lasting partnership