Senior Enterprise Architect - Governance & ARB Lead

NTek Software Solutions; Brussel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NTek Software Solutions in Belgium seeks an Enterprise Architect to implement federated architecture across group and local entities. You convert approved models into working agreements and collaborate with enterprise, domain, technical and solution architects, plus security, data and project teams.

You will coach architects, establish ARB sessions, monitor KPIs, and ensure governance, ADRs and waivers, while remaining hands-on but not making decisions for managers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as an Enterprise Architect.
• Immediately available.
• Experience with architecture governance in complex multi-entity environments.
• Experience supervising ARB sessions and preparing decision files.
• Hands-on experience with ADRs, waivers, compliance reviews and delegated decision rights.
• Strategic yet pragmatic and results-oriented.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management at senior levels.
• Agile delivery experience; energy sector knowledge is a plus.
• Fluent English is compulsory; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute an implementation plan (backlog, milestones, risks, pilots).
• Develop the architecture governance framework: principles, standards, reference architectures and ARB flows.
• Define mandates and escalation paths for architecture roles.
• Establish or improve ARBs at group and local level; supervise first sessions.
• Implement architecture decision records, waivers, exceptions and fast-track procedures.
• Involve architecture early in portfolio, demand intake, delivery, security and data.
• Coach architects and transfer knowledge within Architecture Community.
• Determine and monitor KPIs.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture governance

ARB facilitation

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Energy sector knowledge

Fluent English

Job description

NTek Software Solutions in Belgium seeks an Enterprise Architect to implement federated architecture across group and local entities. You convert approved models into working agreements and collaborate with enterprise, domain, technical and solution architects, plus security, data and project teams.

You will coach architects, establish ARB sessions, monitor KPIs, and ensure governance, ADRs and waivers, while remaining hands-on but not making decisions for managers.