Senior Solutions Architect: Cloud, OpenShift & Security

ThoughtLabs Belgium; Strasbourg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ThoughtLabs Belgium is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design scalable and secure IT solutions aligned with business requirements. The role focuses on enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, OpenShift, and security best practices.

You will develop architecture models using Sparx EA, oversee IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions, and collaborate across development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure standardized, enterprise-aligned architectures.

Qualifications

• TOGAF Practitioner certification or equivalent mandatory.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale architectures aligned with business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Develop architecture models, diagrams, and documentation using Sparx EA.
• Design and oversee cloud-based solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and OpenShift (OCP).
• Work with containerisation and cloud platforms, particularly OpenShift (OCP).
• Define and implement database architecture using PostgreSQL.
• Design and integrate messaging and event-streaming solutions using Kafka.
• Assess infrastructure requirements, including virtualization and cloud environments.
• Ensure security architecture principles, standards and best practices are followed.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and business teams.
• Ensure architectures are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

OpenShift (OCP)

Cloud platforms

IaaS / PaaS / SaaS

Virtualisation

Security principles

TOGAF Practitioner

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA)

Job description

ThoughtLabs Belgium is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design scalable and secure IT solutions aligned with business requirements. The role focuses on enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, OpenShift, and security best practices.

You will develop architecture models using Sparx EA, oversee IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions, and collaborate across development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure standardized, enterprise-aligned architectures.