Lead Enterprise Architect – Belgium (Hybrid)

HIVE-X; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FPS Interior - Directorate General Innovation & Digital Solutions (DG ISD) seeks a Lead Enterprise Architect to ensure alignment between strategic business needs and IT solutions. You will design architectures, govern programs, and coordinate across stakeholders to enable a coherent cloud strategy and cybersecurity initiatives.

The role requires a strong background in IT architecture, digital transformation, and experience with complex projects, ideally with public sector exposure.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in complex IT projects.
• Experience in architecture and digital transformation.
• Asset: experience with the public sector (Ministries, European Institutions, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Ensure alignment between business needs and IT solutions.
• Design architectures and technical solutions.
• Coordinate architectural activities within strategic programs.
• Supervise the architecture boards and ensure the consistency of decisions.
• Contribute to a coherent and secure cloud strategy; lead initiatives related to cybersecurity (IAM, asset management, NIS2).
• Provide strategic advice to management.
• Coach architects and project teams.

Skills

Archimate

BPMN

UML

Microservices

Systems Development Lifecycle

Data management

IT architecture principles

Education

Degree in computer science

Tools

TOGAF

Archimate tooling

Job description

The Directorate General Innovation & Digital Solutions (DG ISD) of the FPS Interior is engaged in a digital transformation aimed at modernizing its processes, its information systems and its methods of collaboration. In this context, it is looking for a Lead Enterprise Architect capable of ensuring consistency between operational needs and the technological solutions implemented.

Main missions

• Ensure alignment between business needs and IT solutions
• Design architectures and technical solutions
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders
• Formalize needs into functional and technical requirements
• Propose recommendations and pragmatic solutions
• Participate in the validation of deliverables

Specific tasks and responsibilities

• Define and implement the digitalization strategy
• Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture framework
• Establish architectural governance (committees, validation process)
• Coordinate architectural activities within strategic programs
• Supervise the architecture boards and ensure the consistency of decisions
• Contribute to a coherent and secure cloud strategy- Lead initiatives related to cybersecurity (IAM, asset management, NIS2)
• Support the transformation of infrastructures towards new models (e.g. greenfield)
• Supervise the inventory and rationalization of the application fleet
• Ensure consistency between legacy systems and new solutions
• Provide coaching to architects and project teams
• Provide strategic advice to management
• Contribute to the definition of capability maps and reference architectures

Profile sought

Training and experience

• Degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• 10 years minimum experience in complex IT projects
• Experience in architecture and digital transformation
• Asset: experience with the public sector (Ministries, European Institutions, etc.)

Technical skills

• Mastery of IT architecture principles (TOGAF is an asset)
• Knowledge of modeling methods (BPMN, UML, Archimate)
• Understanding of the application development cycle
• Knowledge of microservices and application integration
• Skills in data management and infrastructure
• Results orientation
• Analytical and synthesis spirit
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Autonomy and proactivity

Required Skills

Archimate, Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN), Data & Services Architecture, Enterprise Architect, Microservices, Systems Development Lifecycle, UML

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