Business Solutions Architect (Information Technology/Software)

Black Pen Recruitment; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a Business Solutions Architect to join a Brussels-based engagement, onsite at a major client’s IT team. The role requires 13+ years in IT and strong enterprise architecture, with TOGAF/COBIT/Zachman experience and excellent English.

You will guide agile teams, refine business requirements, and drive IT solutions across tools like JIRA, Confluence, and modelling frameworks. EU security clearance is noted as a constraint.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in IT with 13+ years of IT experience.
• Multi-annual experience with enterprise-level systems.
• Experience in Agile and agile toolsets (JIRA, Confluence, Big Picture, Gliffy, Balsamiq).
• Strong knowledge of Application Management Lifecycle.
• Familiar with TOGAF, COBIT, Zachman frameworks; able to model accordingly.
• Strong presentation skills (business & tech).
• Public sector experience; EU institutions an asset.
• Certifications such as CSPO, PMP, PMI, PRINCE2, ITIL v4 are assets.
• Excellent English communication.

Responsabilités

• Operate within the agile process and decide on priority and business value.
• Supervise several business analysts.
• Understand project goals and interact with business stakeholders.
• Propose IT solutions through process refactoring and tool integration.
• Schedule user stories into sprints and review sprint deliverables.
• Organise live product demonstrations after each sprint.
• Support progress reporting and information dissemination.
• Evaluate defects and coordinate with analysts, users, and developers.

Connaissances

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF

Agile methodologies

JIRA

Confluence

Big Picture

Balsamiq

Formation

Master’s degree in IT

Outils

JIRA

Confluence

Big Picture

Gliffy

Balsamiq

Description du poste

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Role Overview

Our client currently has a vacancy for a Business Solutions Architect fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert will be based in Brussels, 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 in the team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Job type: Contract

Location: Brussels

Workplace: Onsite

Deadline for submission: 12 May 2026

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in IT, combined with 13 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Multi-annual experience with large, enterprise-level multi-user Information Systems;
• Multi-annual experience in Agile as well as agile toolbox (i.e., JIRA, Confluence, Big Picture, Gliffy, Balsamiq, etc.);
• Excellent Knowledge of Application Management Lifecycle;
• Good Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, Zachman, and actual experience developing and building models based on such framework;
• Ability to give business and technical presentations;
• Experience working in a public sector environment; in European Institutions will be considered an asset;
• The following certifications are a strong asset: Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, PRINCE2 Foundation, Certified in PM2, ITIL v4 certification;
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Work within the agile process and take decisions regarding priority, business value, and functionality for all the work done by the agile development team;
• Typically supervise several business analysts;
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the project;
• Interact and validate requirements with the business;
• Propose solutions by combining IT tools and business process refactoring or improvements based on an in-depth understanding of a specific business domain;
• Be involved in the decision-making process related to user stories scheduling into sprints;
• Review deliverable and demonstrable product version/software functionalities after every sprint;
• Organize live demonstration of the product at the end of the sprint;
• Evaluate and facilitate progress reporting;
• Assist with internal and external communication by improving of transparency and dissemination of information;
• Evaluate prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs;
• Interact with business analysts, customer, users, project leaders and the developers.