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As our Consulting Services continue to grow, we are building a pipeline of exceptional talent for upcoming positions for Technical Architect in Belgium (focus mainly on Security or Networking and Automation). This advertisement is intended to identify and engage candidates in advance of the vacancies becoming available. We encourage you to apply if you would like to be considered for future opportunities that match your expertise.
In this role, you will act as a recognised subject matter expert and trusted advisor, helping clients translate their business objectives into pragmatic, scalable and future-ready technology architectures. You will combine strong technical expertise with a broad understanding of business needs, ensuring end-to-end coherence from initial assessment and solution design through to implementation and delivery.
You will work across complex and diverse technology environments and collaborate closely with clients, internal teams, centres of excellence and delivery teams to define architectures and roadmaps that support our clients’ transformation and modernisation objectives.
What will you do?
As a Technical Architect, you will:
Conduct consultative engagements with clients to understand their current technology landscape, business objectives and future ambitions.
Assess existing architectures, identify areas for improvement and define suitable target architectures and technology roadmaps.
Translate business and technical requirements into robust, scalable and pragmatic solution architectures.
Evaluate different architecture scenarios and recommend the most appropriate approach based on business needs, technical feasibility, risks and long-term objectives.
Design end-to-end solutions and ensure their technical coherence throughout the delivery and implementation phases.
Collaborate with internal specialists, centres of excellence, project teams and external partners to develop complex, multi-technology solutions.
Support the creation of phased transformation and migration plans covering technology, processes and organisational considerations where relevant.
Act as a trusted advisor to clients and build strong, long-term relationships with key stakeholders.
Participate in presales activities, customer workshops and solution discussions where appropriate.
Contribute to the development of reusable architecture approaches, methodologies and best practices.
Stay up to date with emerging technologies, market developments and industry best practices, and assess how these can bring value to our clients.
Share knowledge and provide guidance or mentoring to less experienced colleagues and architects.
What are we looking for?
Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; a Master’s degree is considered an advantage.
Significant experience in IT architecture, solution design, technology consulting or a related technical role.
Proven experience designing, implementing and supporting complex enterprise technology solutions.
Broad understanding of modern IT environments, including infrastructure, cloud platforms, applications, services and integration.
Ability to maintain a holistic view of complex technology landscapes and ensure end-to-end solution coherence.
Strong understanding of architecture principles, methodologies and industry best practices.
Ability to translate business requirements into clear and practical technical solutions.
Strong business acumen and the ability to understand clients’ strategic and operational needs.
Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.
Strong analytical thinking and…