Enterprise Architect

Job Introduction
Serco is a partner of choice to the European Institutions and other International Organisations. For the past 30 years, we have been providing European and International Organisations a wide range of services including ICT services in support, infrastructure, operations and development as well as managing different contact centres for the key European Institutions, agencies and organisations, in Brussels and across Europe.

What connects the ever-growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service
- To keep ahead, we have to evolve continually and enhance the way we deliver our services. Everyone in Serco has a role to play, here.

Serco provides the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

**We’re looking for an Enterprise Architect, to reinforce the team in our Brussels office**

**We look forward to meeting you Discover the offer below and click on ‘Apply’ if you know that your skillset and talents are a suitable match for this opportunity.**

Main Responsibilities
Are you looking to secure a career in a public sector environment? We would love to hear from you

As **Enterprise Architect** you will be responsible for:

- Liaise with business representatives, functional leaders (e.g. the Enterprise Data Officer) and the Divisional IT Enterprise Architect team to understand the needs of business unit
- Liaise with other IT professionals (e.g. IT Senior/Solution Leads, Standard Service Technical Leads) to design solution architectures for business unit operations and bids
- Ensure compliance to solution architectural design in the implementation of projects
- Provide architectural guidance and Leadership to the IT Senior/Solution Architects and Technical Delivery teams to ensure delivery is in line with the sector roadmap designs
- Provide Delivery execution guidance to the delivery team, supporting the design governance of the workstream breakdown.
- Render consulting and technical support services on project implementation to the IT Senior/Solution Architects and Technical Delivery teams
- Explain technical issues and IT solution strategies to Business Unit stakeholders and other IT professionals as required in support of solutions.
- Develop and maintain a technology and service roadmap for the security sector, working with Business Stakeholders and IT Directors to ensure this is maintained, current and meets future capability needs
- Guide the activities of Solution Design for Security Sector solutions to ensure timely completion of Technical Delivery projects
- Ensure that solution designs are in sync and aligned with business needs and support Sector Roadmaps
- Review the proposal of vendors and suppliers to ensure that quality inputs are deliverable, aligned to Sector Roadmaps and compliant with Enterprise Architecture standards.
- Monitor the activities of external teams on IT workstream projects
- Identify and mitigate existing business risk or risks associated with solution architecture.

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Belgium and around the world.

**_ Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring_**:
**Essential technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualifications**:

- Problem solving skills: They must be good at thinking up innovative ideas and solutions to problems. They must be an analytical thinker and logical in approaching issues
- Communication: The Enterprise Architect must possess effective communication skills that enables them to convey complex technical details to clients in a straightforward manner
- Flexible and innovative: Must be innovative and should be up-to-date with current technologies. He/she must be able to identify technical issues and be able to design solutions to fix them. Most importantly, they should be flexible in making plans and program decisions.
- Ability to gather and assimilate information
- Good knowledge of security standards, legislation and best practice
- Ability to be adapt and prioritise
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
- **Good communication skills in English mandatory + French/Italian or German.**Important**

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