📋 Tasks and responsibilities
For a strategic automation initiative planned for 2027, you will lead the preparation and study phase focused on the industrialisation of application landscape deployments.
Develop a complete and actionable project plan for the automation program, including milestones, governance, risk management and resource planning.
Map critical dependencies between applications, identify integration points and define the required deployment sequencing across the landscape.
Work closely with infrastructure and disaster recovery stakeholders to ensure deployment pipelines support zero-downtime objectives and solid business continuity standards.
Integrate security and compliance requirements into the target deployment approach, including DevSecOps practices, NIS2 alignment, GDPR considerations and access governance.
Prepare a clear financial and operational business case covering CapEx/OpEx, return on investment, efficiency gains and risk reduction for executive decision-makers.
Help shape the architectural framework and define practical governance guidelines to support the execution roadmap.
📝 Your profile
You have solid experience as an Enterprise Architect in complex IT environments.
You hold the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
You have strong expertise in data centre and Microsoft Azure architecture.
You bring hands-on knowledge of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation tools such as GitHub, TFS and Jenkins.
You are familiar with architecture frameworks and modelling approaches such as TOGAF and ArchiMate.
You have experience facilitating the development of an architectural framework and defining governance processes and technical guidelines.
You have good knowledge of compliance and security frameworks such as NIS2 and ISO 27001.
You have strong exposure to enterprise business continuity standards, including BCP/DR.
You demonstrate broad ICT knowledge and are comfortable working across multiple technical domains.
You are effective in multilevel stakeholder management and can communicate with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
You are fluent in English.
You are fluent in French or Dutch, with at least a passive knowledge of the other national language at B1 level.
💼 Offer
You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)
Originally posted on Himalayas