ICT Architect

ICT Architect

Location: Brussels (Hybrid)
Seniority: Senior ICT / Enterprise Architect

Mission

We are looking for a Senior ICT Architect to strengthen architecture governance and ensure the coherence quality security and sustainability of ICT solutions across the organization. You will support architecture decision-making guide project teams and evaluate solutions against architectural standards and target architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Review project proposals and assess their alignment with the target architecture and enterprise standards.
• Provide architectural recommendations including risks alternatives constraints and implementation guidelines.
• Define and govern integration principles architecture standards and reference architectures.
• Evaluate solution designs with a focus on scalability maintainability interoperability security and operational management.
• Assess application integration data infrastructure and security architectures across projects.
• Review integration designs APIs data flows monitoring versioning error handling and security controls.
• Advise on infrastructure and technology choices including cloud hybrid environments hosting identity management and operational support models.
• Support technical teams with solution architecture high-level design reviews and architectural decision-making.
• Contribute to architecture governance documentation standards and knowledge sharing initiatives.
• Promote security-by-design compliance and best practices throughout the solution lifecycle.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in application solution or enterprise architecture within complex environments.
• Strong background in architecture governance architectural reviews and decision-making processes.
• Expertise in integration architecture APIs platform architecture and enterprise system integration.
• Experience evaluating enterprise solutions such as ERP CRM planning document management BI or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture security identity management infrastructure and operational support models.
• Experience defining and enforcing architectural standards principles and reference architectures.
• Ability to assess solutions for scalability extensibility vendor lock-in risks and long-term sustainability.
• Strong coaching stakeholder management and communication skills.

Languages

• Dutch or French: Native/Bilingual proficiency
• English: Full professional proficiency

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid working model
• Brussels region

Deliverables

• Architectural assessments and recommendations
• Project architecture reviews and decision proposals
• Integration principles and architecture standards
• Reference architectures and governance guidelines
• Security data and infrastructure architecture recommendations
• Implementation constraints and design requirements
• Architecture documentation standards
• Knowledge-sharing materials and architectural best practices

Ideal Profile

A senior architect with strong experience in enterprise environments who can balance strategic architecture governance with practical project support ensuring that solutions remain secure integrated scalable and aligned with long-term business and technology objectives.