We currently have a vacancy for a Enterprise Architect fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on-site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated with the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.
Responsibilities
* Definition of the overall architectural vision and roadmap for the DataLab, covering data ingestion, processing, analytics, and platform components, ensuring alignment with company’s digital strategy;
* Preparation of architectural design documents, technical blueprints, data models, and integration patterns;
* Management of the architectural consistency and interoperability between various data sources, analytics components, and supporting IT systems;
* Reporting of architecture-related progress, risks, and recommendations to management and other relevant stakeholders, ensuring transparency in solution implementation and strategic alignment;
* Assistance with the identification and evaluation of technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and best practices for enhancing data ingestion pipelines, advanced analytics capabilities, and platform performance;
* Interaction with business analysts, users, project leaders, and developers to ensure alignment between business needs and technical architecture, and to provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
Requirements
* University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 17 years;
* Experience in developing and implementing business architecture roadmaps and multi-year architecture plans, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and priorities across projects and programme;
* Experience in working under CIO-level or equivalent strategic leadership, supporting enterprise-wide architecture decision-making and contributing to long-term capability planning;
* Experience in conducting architecture assessments, gap analyses, and system evaluations, identifying discrepancies, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for technical and operational optimisation;
* Strong capability in modelling and abstraction, applying standard representation techniques to support architecture documentation and engagement across project actors;
* Excellent knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, COBIT or Zachman;
* Very good knowledge of enterprise data architecture, analytics platforms, data integration frameworks, and data governance models, with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing complex solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments;
* Good knowledge of enterprise architecture notations, such as BPMN and ArchiMate;
* Good knowledge of enterprise architecture tools, such as ARIS or equivalent;
* Ability to design, assess, and optimize architectural solutions efficiently and rapidly, drawing on deep technical understanding and strategic thinking developed across multiple high-impact domains (public sector, media, banking, insurance);
* TOGAF Certification, ArchiMate Certification, AWS Certified Solutions Architect will be considered advantageous assets;
* Excellent command of the English language.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
#J-18808-Ljbffr