At DKV Belgium, we are more than an insurance company—we’re a dynamic team of around 500 engaged colleagues driving digital transformation. As part of the international Munich Re Group, we proudly lead private health insurance in Belgium, supporting our clients during good and difficult times. Sounds like a plan? Continue reading!
As an IT Solution Architect, you’ll craft strategic architectural designs for short-, mid-, and long-term projects. This includes assisting in creating a vision and staying up to date on new architectural trends in the market. Your mission? Balance cost-effective solutions with visionary thinking and translate business needs into actionable architecture.
In this position, you’ll be part of a team of 7 architects, reporting to the Head of Architecture and with regular contacts with stakeholders within the IT department and businesses.
What the key tasks will look like
1. You’ll translate requirements into Solution Architectures via workshops with business and IT representatives, so that a coherent solution is created that fits in the long-term strategy
2. You’ll apply patterns and principles and make sure that they are followed and remain up to date with what is used at DKV
3. You’ll follow-up adherence to the architecture during implementation stages of a project
4. You’ll work on the Architecture vision by applying new technology trends in the market and by working out long term roadmaps
5. With a learning mindset, you’ll keep yourself up to date on new technology trends in your domain and you invest in upskilling colleagues by sharing architectural knowledge with both business- and technical oriented audiences
6. You’ll maintain the application landscape at DKV and keep the documentation up to date with Enterprise Architecture modelling tools (Enterprise Architect Sparx)
The skills and competencies you will need
7. You have a track record as solution architect, we are looking at minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role.
8. You are fluent in English; knowledge of Dutch or French is a strong plus.
9. You master the following technical skills: Enterprise Architecture and its sub-disciplines (business, information, application & infrastructure architecture, etc.), frameworks (e.g. TOGAF), methods and tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect) and system-to-systems interoperability approaches.full software development life cycle (SDLC).Defining, formulating and evolving strategic roadmaps and blueprints, and implementing and adapting architecture frameworks to customer-specific contexts and content.Project methodologies, e.g. PRINCE2 or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).Modelling techniques, e.g. ArchiMate, UML or BPMN.
10. Since you’ll have a transversal role, you can easily work with various key stakeholders from both business as IT and you know how to explain complex topics in an understandable way.
11. You can easily adapt to a new team; you understand company dynamics, and the role an architect plays in it
12. You take ownership over your tasks and projects and have a proactive approach
13. You can come up with creative and pragmatic solutions
14. You have a growth mindset; eager to learn and to continuously improve your skills and competencies
Want to grow with us?
At DKV we offer you a varied job with growth opportunities (thanks to trainings, coaching, growth projects and internal mobility) and all this at a prime location in the heart of Brussels.
Besides a competitive gross salary and mobility budget, we offer an extensive standard package of extra-legal benefits such as:
15. insurance package (hospitalization, ambulatory insurance, guaranteed income insurance, pension plan)
16. a year-end premium, collective company premium and individual bonus
17. meal and eco vouchers
18. internet and homeworking allowance
Moreover, you can count on an attractive leave scheme (up to 34 days), flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home up to three days a week. This way of hybrid working guarantees you a good balance between work and your private life.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs. If you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can make any reasonable adjustments needed to support you through your recruitment journey.