Senior System Architect: Roadmap, Security & Cloud Innovation

Editx; Schaarbeek; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Editx is seeking a senior, autonomous System Architect to shape NIT’s technology landscape. You will govern front‑ and back‑end tech roadmaps, establish best practices, and guide squads on complex challenges while driving tooling, DevOps, and cloud adoption. A bias toward innovation and collaboration across CoEs will be essential.

You’ll influence architecture, ensure secure, scalable systems, and stay ahead of new tech trends, bringing long‑term value to NIT and its software delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Govern & manage the technical roadmap for front-end and back-end technologies used across NIT (.NET, Java, Angular, Camunda…).
• Define architectural best practices & integration guidelines, ensuring secure, maintainable, and robust solutions.
• Support squads hands-on, including joining sprints to tackle refactoring, rework, or complex technical challenges.
• Drive consistency in tooling & engineering processes (CI/CD, GitHub workflows, Dynatrace, OpenShift/Azure, change & release management…).
• Act as a bridge between squads and Centres of Excellence (DevOps, Cloud, Security, Observability).
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies (agentic AI, cloud‑native evolutions, NIS2/PQC security standards…) and proactively bring innovation into NIT.

Responsibilities

• Steer the evolution of NIT’s technology stack (.NET, Java, Angular, CI/CD tooling, observability, cloud components…).
• Ensure architectural alignment and cross-squad coherence.
• Provide domain leadership in Security, Cloud, AI, or Software Engineering.
• Guide modernization and technology‑adoption initiatives.
• Define coding standards, secure‑by‑design principles, and architectural guidelines.
• Help squads align with NIT’s technical strategy.
• Join sprints to support complex implementation or refactoring.
• Promote scalable, maintainable, and high‑quality engineering practices.
• Enhance and harmonize tooling across squads: CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows & versioning, Dynatrace monitoring & logging, OpenShift & Azure cloud platforms, Release, change, incident & problem management, Test automation integration.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps, Cloud, Security & Observability CoEs.
• Advocate for automation, consistency, and operational excellence.
• Track market and tech trends and evaluate new tools/frameworks.
• Drive PoCs, experiments, and pilot programs.
• Explore opportunities in agentic AI, cloud‑native evolution, and next‑gen security frameworks.
• Foster curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning.

Job description

Editx is seeking a senior, autonomous System Architect to shape NIT’s technology landscape. You will govern front‑ and back‑end tech roadmaps, establish best practices, and guide squads on complex challenges while driving tooling, DevOps, and cloud adoption. A bias toward innovation and collaboration across CoEs will be essential.

You’ll influence architecture, ensure secure, scalable systems, and stay ahead of new tech trends, bringing long‑term value to NIT and its software delivery teams.