Principal Solution Engineer

McBride International; Eigenbrakel; Remoto; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

McBride International seeks a senior solution architect to lead complex IT and C5ISR architecture initiatives in Belgium. You will define architectures, set policies, and balance functional and quality requirements across multiple projects.

You will coordinate with stakeholders, ensure security and privacy are embedded in development, and guide MBSE and architecture frameworks such as TOGAF/NAFv4. A master's degree or equivalent experience is required.

Qualificações

• Master's degree or Bachelor’s with extensive post-related experience.
• 1) Minimum 5 years post-related experience for Master’s; 8 years for Bachelor’s.

Responsabilidades

• Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with requirements.
• Establishes policies for selection of architecture components.
• Coordinates and manages target architecture across multiple projects.
• Maintains a stable architecture and ensures design conformity across initiatives.
• Identifies and manages resources for all stages of systems development.

Conhecimentos

Mobile Infrastructure

UML/SysML/ArchiMate

MBSE

Security by design

Requirements management

Stakeholder management

Formação

Master's degree in related discipline

Bachelor's degree + 8 years experience

Ferramentas

MBSE Tools

Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF/NAFv4/DODAF)

Descrição da vaga

Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

McBride International is a European-based management consulting, IT, and Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) firm. We provide professional services focusing on strategy development and execution, IT transformation, business process improvement, program management, research and development, risk management, financial management, and training. Our dedicated team of project managers, consultants, and trainers play a critical role in supporting client engagements from inception to completion. We partner with clients by providing qualified and experienced resources that possess the relevant skills, knowledge, and expertise needed to develop and execute solutions in support of their mission and business goals.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

Education, Experience and Training (essential):

Education:

• 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.

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;

Training/Certifications:

• ITIL Foundation;
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent Project Management Framework (e.g. PMP) certification;

Experience and Training (desirable):

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;

Training/Certifications:

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent (e.g. PMP) certification;
• ArchiMate or TOGAF or equivalent certification;