Solution Architect

We are looking for a Solution Architect to strengthen our team.**About the mission**:
**About the job**:

- Conceptualize and document the global architecture by analyzing the impact of integrating and implementing new products, services, IT solutions in the existing architecture, defining and documenting standards, procedures, guidelines to be followed by other team members.
- Challenge the received business requirements to clarify all values and benefits for the demands, proposing implementation strategies to deliver the highest business value first.
- Define sustainable technological solutions that meet business/IT goals and that are aligned with IT strategy.
- Propose solutions and ensure that the systems meet the business needs, Non-Functional Requirements, performance, scalability, flexibility and security best practices.
- Ensure that solutions are aligned in close collaboration with all IT areas (Technical architecture, Operations, Development teams, IT Security, ).
- Validate third party solution designs and their impacts with the current landscape.
- Ensure a good and clear communication level with all BT and Business areas.
- Align different solution proposals with the development teams to collect their feedback & estimations.
- Present different (unbiased) technological solutions with pros & cons, cost & resource estimations.
- Support initiatives and project delivery, providing expertise, through the review and change of initial solutions, ensuring compliance with initial design principles and business requirements in order to promote alignment with IT and business strategy.
- Create and Maintain the architecture solution documentation.
- Provide support to the development and operational teams to solve technical complex issues.
- Perform analysis of technological related market trends and business needs, determine the impact of these developments on the architecture, anticipating changes and proposing technological investments.
- Intervenes and contributes to committees and/or workgroups at an internal and/or external level, sharing its experience and thorough knowledge within the department.

**About you**:
**Must have**:

- Degree in IT (Computer Science, IT engineering).
- Experience in the implementation of complex systems, including integration with 3rd party products and services.
- Good communication skills.
- Fluent in English (written and verbal).
- High motivation, proactivity, and autonomy.

**Nice to have**:

- Proven experience as Solution architect | Senior Functional analyst.
- Experience in solution and integration design.
- Experience in writing guidelines and architectural documentation.
- Modelling skills (ArchiMate).
- Good technical and functional knowledge on different landscapes and solutions (such as CRM, offer management, product management, subscription management, ERP’s, payment solutions, access management, IAM, consumption and reporting tools ).
- Experience on Pre-sales architecture.
- Good functional knowledge on Salesforce and Azure are a plus.
- Experience on Prem, Cloud and hybrid Solution implementations.
- Experienced in communication & presentations techniques (oral and written - high level presentations to management, in-depth to technical teams).
- Relevant certifications are a plus.

**About the offer**:

- A competitive salary package, fringe benefits (meal vouchers, insurances,...).
- A high degree of task variety and the opportunity to be part of a changing environment and the implementation of a new platform.
- Flexibility for homeworking.
- A pleasant work atmosphere.
- You will work in a changing environment in Brussels (near by the train station Brussels-South).

At Euroconsumers we want to reflect the society of consumers we represent. Therefore we are an active promotor of diversity at all levels.

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