Solutions Architect

Agile Architects; Oost-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Architects in Belgium seeks a Solution Architect to guide customers in vision and design of organization-wide architecture, focusing on reliable, customer-oriented solutions.

You bring a dual background in technical and application architecture, with experience across cloud, integration, data, and security, and you’ll lead PoCs and reference architectures.

Fluent communication to technical and non-technical audiences and ArchiMate certification are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant ICT field.
• Architect with a background in both technical and application architecture; multi-cloud experience a plus.
• Keeps up with trends in the digital landscape when designing architectures.
• Experience with integration architecture (API management and Kafka) and information architecture (Big Data, ML/AI, analytics).
• Cloud experience and security knowledge (AWS/Azure, CISSP/CEH/CISM).
• Interest in front-end options, Customer Engagement platforms and ERP (SAP, M365 Dynamics).
• Strong consultant mindset with ability to communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
• ArchiMate certification is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Help customers with the vision and design of an organisation-wide architecture.
• Position the setup within the IT landscape and integration with back-end services.
• Guide customers in their digital transformation and join projects to realise them.
• Develop PoCs and contribute to best practices and reference architectures.

Skills

Architecture

Integration architecture

API management

Event-Driven Architecture

Information architecture

Big Data

AI & analytics

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Security

ERP (SAP/M365 Dynamics)

Consultant mindset

ArchiMate certified

Education

Bachelor’s degree in ICT

Job description

As a Solution Architect you help our customers in the vision and design of an organisation-wide, reliable, customer-oriented, technical & application architecture.

From your experience and background you know which choices to make to unlock information in the most optimal way. You can position this set-up within the entire IT landscape and you have a vision about integration with back-end systems and services that can be offered externally. You guide customers in their digital transformation and, where necessary, join projects in order to realise them. You can compare different scenarios and make well-founded choices based on objective facts, customer context, specific short and long-term needs, etc. You have an innovative vision in which you can link a wide range of topics to the set-up of platforms (security, front-end engineering, backend services, data capture and analytics, API management, cloud, AI, internet of things, master data management and big data architectures).

You will participate in the development of proof of concepts and help develop best practices and a reference architecture within the customer-oriented, rapidly changing world of today.

Your skills and talents

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant ICT field.
• You describe yourself as an architect with a background in both technical and application architecture. Having a background in multiple development and cloud environments is a plus.
• You follow the different trends in the digital landscape and take these into consideration when working out an architecture.
• You are inquisitive. Your field of interest and/or experience extends to integration architecture (API management and Event-Driven Architecture/Kafka), information architecture (including Big Data, Machine Learning, AI, analytics), Cloud (AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect) and Security (CISSP/CEH/CISM).
• You are someone with a vision on custom front-end possibilities, Customer Engagement platforms and/or ERP (SAP, Microsoft 365 Dynamics).
• You describe yourself as a consultant and thinks about how you can be an added value for the customer. You communicate fluently to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You have a positive attitude. You enjoy working with others and are quick to see the bigger picture.
• ArchiMate certified is a strong plus.