AISB-1055 Senior Audit

h3AISB-1055 Senior Audit Transformation Architect /h3 h3Context and project /h3 pWithin the IT department of a public organisation, the role covers the audit and transformation of a large application landscape. /p pThe purpose is to provide independent expertise: assess the robustness, relevance and sustainability of existing or future solutions, control technical debt and architectural risks, and inform investment and transformation decisions. /p pRealistic, controlled trajectories are defined to improve resilience, performance, security, maintainability, operability and scalability. The role acts as a reference for management, architects, programme managers, business teams, technical teams and external partners. /p h3Responsibilities /h3 ul liCarry out technical and architectural audits of existing solutions, solutions under development or solutions proposed by providers. /li liProduce objective diagnostics on technical debt, critical dependencies, structural limits, performance, resilience, security, maintainability and operability. /li liAssess the alignment of architectures with business objectives, regulatory constraints and the organisation's architecture principles. /li liIdentify and prioritise architectural risks and their business, technical, budgetary and operational impacts. /li liDefine target architectures, transformation scenarios and migration or modernisation trajectories. /li liCarry out impact, opportunity and risk analyses to support governance decisions. /li liChallenge the choices and estimates proposed by external providers. /li liLead or contribute to architecture reviews and formalise decisions, conditions, reservations and action plans. /li liSupport teams in implementing recommendations and verify that they are actually applied. /li liMeasure results and adapt recommendations when findings, constraints or priorities change. /li liContribute to the analysis of complex technical incidents when their causes may be architectural. /li liPresent options, trade-offs, risks, costs and consequences clearly to facilitate decisions. /li liAudit and architecture diagnostic reports (findings, evidence, risks, prioritised recommendations). /li liMaps of components, flows, dependencies, obsolescence and risks. /li liExisting and target architecture documentation. /li liModernisation roadmaps, migration trajectories and technical debt reduction plans. /li liDocumented architecture decisions, technical opinions and review minutes. /li liAction plans with priorities, responsibilities, success conditions and verification criteria. /li /ul h3Education and experience /h3 ul liMaster's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience. /li liAt least ten years of relevant experience in application architecture, including several years in audit, transformation or architecture governance. /li liAt least three significant missions in architecture audit, technical debt diagnostics or transformation of complex systems. /li liProven experience in defining modernisation trajectories and presenting them to decision bodies. /li liExperience in challenging providers, evaluating solutions and following up on recommendations. /li liExperience in a public or regulated environment, or one of comparable complexity. /li /ul h3Technical skills /h3 pbRequired /b /p ul liAnalysis of technical debt, architectural risks and critical dependencies /li liTransformation, modernisation and rationalisation architecture for application landscapes /li liDistributed architecture: microservices, SOA, API, integration and event-driven architectures /li liAudit of complex application architectures and objective diagnostics /li liDefinition of target architectures, transformation scenarios and migration trajectories /li liDiagnostics of performance, resilience, security, maintainability and operability /li liArchitecture governance, review facilitation and decision support /li /ul pbRequired /b /p ul liEnterprise Java environments: Java, Jakarta EE/JEE, Spring Boot and web services /li liArchitecture modelling: UML, ArchiMate or equivalent /li /ul pbNice to have /b /p ul liContainerisation, orchestration, CI/CD, data and complementary technologies /li liAbility to distinguish structuring issues from secondary topics and to prioritise actions. /li liCritical thinking, independent judgement and ability to make well-founded recommendations. /li liAbility to model, outline and explain complex systems. /li liAbility to present options, trade-offs, risks and costs to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to challenge constructively and build buy-in around architecture decisions. /li liBusiness, solution and results orientation. /li liRigour, autonomy, method and quality focus. /li liAbility to work in a multidisciplinary environment and to handle several requests at once. /li /ul h3Languages /h3 ul liFrench: C2 level /li /ul h3Location and conditions /h3 ul liLocation: Namur, hybrid. /li liOn-site presence: at