Location: Brussels (minimum 2 days per week on-site)
Job Description
The Enterprise Architect 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 business goals.
Communicate the application strategy process to business and IT actors.
Gather and analyze business requirements using business and IT surveys to evaluate the IT landscape.
Conduct trade-off analysis using industry-known methods to formulate constructive recommendations.
Help maintain the application portfolio in close cooperation with application owners and other stakeholders.
Collect application-related information (e.g., cost-related information) as additional input for analysis using industry standard methods.
Maintain an application map of the as-is landscape across various layers, such as applications, technology, data, and integration, to enrich the Enterprise Architecture repository.
Maintain the architecture decisions repository.
Validate recommendations with senior management of business and IT.
Contribute to 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
Minimum 10 years of experience in an Enterprise Architecture function.
Experience in IT processes and methodologies, using standards such as ITIL, TOGAF, ArchiMate, Domain Driven Design.
Experience with cloud-native architecture patterns.
Familiarity with Microservices & Event-driven architectures.
Familiarity with Gartner Architecture Frameworks.
Experience with modeling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect (or similar tools).
Team player with a strong collaboration focus and excellent presentation skills.
Experience with merger situations and following transformations is a plus.
Notable real-world experience in architecting, designing, and delivering IT products in an agile environment is a plus.
Fluent in English. Knowledge of Dutch or French is mandatory.