Solution Architect

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Description and responsibilities

Client is looking for a solution architect who has significant expertise on the installation and development of these in our existing application landscape.

As a Solution Architect you will contribute to designing the IT landscape of the organisation based on the business strategy. You are the primary link between IT & business for the defined projects.

The main strategic challenges for our business is to increase the service to our customers. Therefore, there are significant investments in our application landscape which involve the further development on Self Service Platforms, Customer 365 view and case management, data & machine learning applications, etc... .

Primary Tasks and responsibilities

Involvement in the development of projects

• Help formulate the client’s need/requirement in high level lines throughout the workshops
• Evaluate different solutions in order to recommend one, based on the following principles: strategy, architectural principles, transition plan.
• Define and document the architectural solution
• Identify the impact of the chosen solution on the existing/new projects in sight
• In collaboration with a project manager assess and analyst the necessary tasks to be done in regards to a specific project, guiding the PM in the set-up phase
• Summarize the needs/requirements in a clear and deployable overview of tasks
• Communicate the solution to the organization (Business & IT)
• Identify the governance, transformation and organization models necessary to deploy the chosen solution
• Contribute to the financial forecasting and calculations of the mitigation plans including the identification of risks and dangers.

Business Strategic tasks

• Transform the IT strategy in an architecture that represents goals and target of the business
• Contribute to the business strategy development
• Understand and ameliorate the business strategy translating it into IT requirements with alignment guarantee
• Define a strategy which is in line with business and company culture/expectations
• Identify the interdependencies between projects in order to prioritize then in the organization roadmap
• Actualize the transformation plans (roadmap) based on the real time evolution of the projects

Team involvement

• Participate in the identification of the standards and architecture guidelines in regards to the job itself
• Initiate and maintain the architectural models

Secondary Tasks and responsibilities

• Assist the PM throughout the project set-up, deployment and assessment phases.
• Assist in meetings representing business’ interests and make sure alignment and cohesion is assured throughout all the phases, minimalizing the risks.

Technical profile requirements

• +5 years’ experience in a similar role as Architect
• Excellent knowledge of Integration Architecture
• Experience and knowledge of Cloud Technology (AWS, Azure,..)
• Experience with working in projects with applied methodologies (Agile development, Prince)
• Experience with applying risk management in IT solutions
• Experience in calculating total cost of IT Tools and applying them to a solution architecture
• Background in data base modelling & software development
• Knowledge of the IT process management (ITIL eg)
• Excellent knowledge of ArchiMate, BPMN, UML (Certification is a plus)
• Experience and knowledge of MS Dynamics 365 is a plus

Non-Technical profile requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be able to work on multiple simultaneous tasks with limited supervision
• Quick learner, motivated self-starter
• Result oriented & customer cantered
• Structured / Organized
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team collaboration skills
• High accountability and team spirit values

Methodology/Certification requirements

Master’s Degree in Computer Science OR equivalent through experience.

Language proficiencies

• Excellent knowledge of French or Dutch and able to follow a conversation in the other language
• Good knowledge of English

FREELANCE OR PERMANENT CANDIDATES ARE WELCOME TO APPLY