Domain Architect

pOur client, a prominent organization in the health insurance sector, is looking for a Senior Domain Architect to own the architecture of a business domain within its central Architecture team. This role aligns business capabilities, business processes and IT solutions, maintains the domain reference architecture, and plays a key part in simplifying and rationalising a complex application landscape as part of a multi-year transformation roadmap. The work is split roughly evenly between enterprise and solution architecture. /pulliUnderstand business needs and objectives, and translate them into target architectures, roadmaps and concrete solutions together with delivery teams and stakeholders. /liliDefine, maintain and evolve the domain architecture and reference architecture in line with enterprise architecture principles and standards. /liliGuide delivery teams in architectural choices and key decisions throughout the lifecycle of initiatives. /liliDefine application integration principles and contribute to the modelling of APIs, data flows and data exchanges. /liliAssess the impact of planned changes on applications, interfaces, data, business processes and other architectural domains. /liliIdentify opportunities to simplify, rationalise and modernise the application landscape, promoting modular and maintainable architectures. /liliCollaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Data and other Domain Architects to ensure overall solution consistency, and take part in architecture governance forums. /liliMaintain complete and up-to-date architecture documentation in LeanIX, covering business capabilities, applications, interfaces, data flows, dependencies and roadmaps. /li /ululliYou have 10+ years of IT experience, including significant experience as a bDomain Architect, Application Architect, Solution Architect /bor in a similar role. /liliYou hold a Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent through experience. /liliYou hold an architecture certification such as bTOGAF, ArchiMate /b or equivalent. /liliYou bring a functional, business-oriented view of architecture and translate business needs into long-term architectural direction, while holding your own in technical discussions. /liliYou possess a strong understanding of modern application architectures, distributed systems and integration models. /liliYou have good knowledge of bDomain-Driven Design, Hexagonal Architecture, API-First, CQRS, Event-Driven Architecture and integration patterns. /b /liliYou bring experience with architecture governance, standards definition and supporting teams in their adoption. /liliYou have experience with an bEnterprise Architecture Management tool such as LeanIX. /b /liliYou have good knowledge of bAgile, DevOps and product-oriented organizations. /b /liliYou're pragmatic and down-to-earth, with strong communication skills towards business, technical and management stakeholders. /liliYou are fluent inb English. /b /li /ulh3Nice to Haves /h3ulliExperience in the binsurance, health insurance or mutuality sector. /b /liliHands-on experience withb LeanIX. /b /liliExperience with simplification or rationalisation of legacy application landscapes. /liliKnowledge of French and/or Dutch. /li /ululliStart date: ASAP /liliDuration: 6 months, with possible extension /liliLocation: Brussels (2 to 3 days per week on site) /liliContract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers /li /ul