Description
Voor een klant van Brainbridge in Mechelen ben ik op zoek naar een :SENIOR LEAD ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
Start : ASAP
Duration : long term
Location : Mechelen
Description :
The candidate is able to take the lead in driving the enterprise's vision and strategy in project solutions and technology investments in line with the architectural vision. The candidate will collaborate with senior executives and other key stakeholders to translate the strategic direction in structural solutions for the enterprise.
Responsibilities:
• Follows closely evolutions in enterprise architecture, e.g. architectural hot topics and trends, architecture as a service, distributed computing and consumerization
• Act as a central point of contact for all enterprise architectural related matters, e.g. support to projects, advice to management committees, chair of architectural boards
• Define target architecture solutions and transitions in line with the business demands and ICT supply, including governance and organizational changes
• Engage all relevant stakeholders from the definition to the transition of the target architecture
• Ensure that architectural blueprints, principles, policies, standards and guidelines are specified and communicated at enterprise level
• Guard that all architectural references are endorsed and adhered to by the company
• Monitor the sustainability of the service delivery, the applications and the infrastructure landscape
• Validate enterprise architecture parts of project deliverables
• Identify risks and manage mitigation actions associated with the enterprise architecture
• Follow up new trends and assess the applicability
Technical skills:
• Is expert in enterprise architecture, e.g. has a profound knowledge of architectural frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Archimate), processes, methods and tools, knows the relevance of architectural support material, recognizes structural issues, knows how to to apply architectural principles and guidelines in the enterprise, has several experiences in feasibility studies and sourcing best practices
Personal skills:
• Has leadership skills and is able to manage priorities
• Is used to collaborate with executive management levels and to facilitate business-ICT alignment
• Has excellent multi language communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Is able to identify and resolve conflicting points
• Has strong analytic skills and is quality minded
• Is client minded, result oriented and stress-resistant
• Is flexible and a team player
• Must have at least 7 years of experience as an enterprise architect