Principal Solution Engineer

Brevco Services; Eigenbrakel; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Brevco Services in Belgium seeks an experienced Solution Architect to lead architecture development for complex solutions, ensuring alignment with stakeholder requirements and established standards.

The role drives scoping, requirements prioritisation, and systems development governance, including security and privacy integration, resource planning, and design parameter specification across multiple projects within an international context.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's with substantial post-degree experience.
• Experience leading teams of technical personnel.
• Knowledge of current and future Mobile Infrastructure technologies and trends.
• Experience with design and systems integration (AC Power distribution, UPS, fuel storage).
• Good understanding of current and future Wireless technologies including SATCOM.
• Experience with Architecture modelling languages and MBSE in a framework (NAFv4, TOGAF, DODAF, Zachman).
• Experience applying quality assurance practices.
• Experience in development, deployment, testing and maintenance of modern communications equipment.
• ITIL Foundation.
• PRINCE2 Foundation or PMP certification.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring alignment with requirements.
• Establishes policies and practices for selection of architecture components.
• Manages trade-offs between functional, service quality and systems management needs.
• Communicates decisions to stakeholders and coordinates target architecture across projects.
• Maintains a stable architecture and adherence to standards across initiatives.
• Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation for large initiatives.
• Adopts appropriate methods and tools for requirements management.
• Sets policy and drives adherence to standards for systems development.
• Leads integration of security and privacy into systems development and resources planning.
• Produces network architectures and configuration databases for own responsibility area.
• Specifies design parameters for connectivity, capacity, security and access.

Education

Master's degree in related discipline

Bachelor's degree + 8 years experience

Tools

UML/SysML/ArchiMate/MBSE

Job description

All the mandatory requirements have to be met in order to apply.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Master's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor's degree with 8 years post related experience.
• Proven experience of managing teams of technical personnel.
• Knowledge of current and future Mobile Infrastructure (Deployable, Dispersible, Highly mobile CIS) technologies and trends.
• Experience with design and systems integration (e.g. AC Power distribution equipment, emergency AC Power generation and associated fuel storage, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)).
• Good understanding of current and future Wireless technologies and trends (to include SATCOM).
• Experience with Architecture modelling language(s) (UML, SysML, ArchiMate, etc.), preferably in the context of an Architecture Framework (NAFv4, TOGAF, DODAF, Zachman, etc.) and Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Experience in applying quality assurance practices.
• Sound experience in development, implementation, fielding, testing and maintenance of modern communications equipment.
• ITIL Foundation.
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent Project Management Framework (e.g. PMP) certification.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Knowledge and experience in applying the "NATO Architecture Framework,version 4".
• Knowledge and experience in the application of Federated Mission Networking (FMN) in service design.
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.
• ArchiMate or TOGAF or equivalent certification.

Duties and Role

• Solution architecture
  • Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.
  • Establishes policies, principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components.
  • Manages trade-offs and balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
  • Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders.
  • Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives.
  • Maintains a stable, viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.
• Requirements definition and management
  • Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large, complex initiatives.
  • Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate requirements definition and management methods, tools and techniques.
  • Contributes to the development of organisational methods and standards for requirements management.
  • Obtains input from, and agreement to requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Negotiates with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts.
  • Ensures changes to requirements are investigated and managed.
• Systems development management
  • Sets policy and drives adherence to standards for systems development.
  • Leads activities to make security and privacy integral to systems development.
  • Identifies and manages the resources necessary for all stages of systems development projects.
  • Ensures that technical, financial and quality targets are met.
  • Produces, or approves network providers, network architectures, topologies and configuration databases for own area of responsibility.
  • Specifies design parameters for network connectivity, capacity, speed, interfacing, security and access, in line with business requirements.
  • Assesses network-related risks and specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.
  • Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements.