Enterprise Architect

Goal

bpost is always on the move. We create an environment for our people with challenging projects, inspiring collaborations, and the latest technologies, with interesting job opportunities and training programs for every employee.

Within this context, we are looking for an Enterprise Architect.

Your mission

The Enterprise Architect’s role is to support bpost in making well-informed strategic IT decisions that are in line with the long-term strategy.

Therefore, (s)he works closely with different business and IT stakeholders throughout the project portfolio management life cycle to ensure that they are all working towards common goals. These stakeholders are e.g. Solution Architects, CIO, CDO, Other enterprise architects, PMO, …

These common goals are obtained by co-creating a plan on how the organization should evolve over time, by using an uniform language and designing a set of principles for discussing and evaluating technology initiatives.

As Enterprise Architect you report to the Chief Enterprise Architect which manages the architecture team currently consisting of 5 Enterprise Architects and 5 solution Architects.

About the job

As an enterprise architect, your main responsibilities will be the following:

• Developing and maintaining an enterprise architecture frameworkby creating a set of standards and guidelines for the organization’s IT systems to can be used to discuss and evaluate initiatives.
• Support in arbitration of decisions in programs & projectsby challenging initiatives and guarantee that they are in line with the overall architecture. This includes review of the solution designs for correctness and consistency with architectural principles, advising on architectural questions and contributing actively to the architecture community of practice.

• Building a roadmap for the organization’s IT systems on the mid- to long-termfor the implementation and integration of new technologies as well as ensuring that all IT systems are aligned with the overall business objectives and strategy. The design should be flexible to allow adaptation to changing business needs. You will collaborate with other architects to design architectural solutions that are fit for purpose and guarantee the best maintainability and scalability of the landscape.

• Managing relationships with key stakeholders within the organization, such as business leaders and IT staff, to ensure that their needs and expectations are met. It may also involve collaborating with external vendors and partners.
• Analyzing the current state of the organization’s IT systemsand identifying areas for improvement or modernization.
• Build and maintain the architecture repository.This is a central location where information about the architecture of the IT landscape is maintained and can be consulted. This can include system documentation, architecture diagrams, models, cost information, info from the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), etc. You will support in keeping this repository up to date in the (architecture) tools that serve these purposes.

These will be executed in collaboration with the other architects in the team. You will be supported and coached by experienced architects that will help you grow in this role.

Your profile

The ideal candidate for an Enterprise Architect position should have:

• A degree in Engineering, Informatics, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience

• At least 5 years of experience as an enterprise Architect or in a similar role.

• Professional working proficiency in English and either French or Dutch.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively engage with a variety of stakeholders, including developers, Product Owners, Solution Architects, and business representatives.

• Strong interest in both business and IT topics and want to function as a bridge between both.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of architecture design patterns & practice
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies

• Understanding of architecture design patterns & practices

• You are familiar with common modeling techniques , languages and tools (UML, BPMN,…) and design.

• You have experience with working in an international environment with an extensive project and program portfolio

• You have experience in with capability mapping and the ability to map initiatives to define their added value in realizing the overall strategy.

• You have overall good knowledge of IT landscapes and ideally more detailed knowledge within certain domains (e.g. data, integration, HR, …)

• You have strong project and organization management skills as you will be involved in different projects at the same time and need to keep an overview of what is ongoing and prioritize accordingly.

Why bpost?

Like many other companies, we offer, in addition to a monthly salary, a wide range of benefits, including meal vouchers, a company car, hospitalization insurance, group insurance, disability insurance, 20 days’ leave and 7 additional statutory leave days, an end-of-year bonus, double holiday pay and many benefits for more than 100 bpost partners.

This is where we really stand out:

• You will have the opportunity to participate in a project of great social importance.
• Decisions are taken here in Belgium. At the same time, you are part of an international story, thanks to our many activities in Europe, US and Asia.
• You will find yourself in a company in a state of flux. Admittedly, this creates some complexity, but above all a lot of challenges and innovative projects.
• The atmosphere, the collegiality and the friendly bpost culture is unique.

As an international service provider of parcel and e-commerce logistics, we create real connections between millions of people, businesses and communities. Our team of over 34,000 employees is our greatest asset in this story. Thanks to them, we continue to play a key role in our rapidly changing society.