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.