Enterprise Architect (Contract) - Belgium (French Speaking) - Competit

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT (CONTRACT) - BELGIUM (FRENCH SPEAKING)- COMPETITIVE DAILY RATE

THE COMPANY

ConSol Partners client is a Global Energy Provider based in Belgium with a renowned reputation as one of the industry's most influential and fastest growing companies in both innovation and size, now with employees located internationally and working with globally recognised Representatives.

THE ROLE

The ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT has a dual role. On the one hand the key entry point for the business into IT and accountable to set up and maintain a healthy win-win relationship. On the other hand they are accountable for the long term profitability of IT and as such has to ensure the necessary trade-offs, between speed & flexibility vs. reliability & affordability, are constantly maintained.

Market dynamics in the sector, the strong evolution of regulatory and the very substantive changes (demand side management, smart metering, mobility, social media, ) the sector is undergoing, put a high pressure on IT.

As such the job requires skills to place the numerous questions of the business units in the overall context of the evolution of the IT systems, and hence be able to impose the necessary trade offs. Also the skills engagement, arbitration, facilitation and leadership are very important. The most important challenge of this function is to combine the strong negotiation competences with a realistic vision on the technological landscape to generate a persistent implementation despite a difficult global framework.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Defines the IT architectural strategy for his/her business area based on the corporate strategy
- Designs an IT solution making the right balance: speed & flexibility vs. reliability & affordability
- Negotiates the business demand into an achievable set up
- Keeps a watchful eye on technological and methodological evolutions in the broad field of IT and introduces these evolutions at the right time
- Develops a mid-term plan for the IT environment ensuring that all standards, guidelines and best practices are applied and guard the alignment with the IT architectural Strategy based on the mid-term business requirements
- Define the application architecture and guarantee the conformity of project designs with the chosen or desired architecture. Propose pilot projects and take care of their follow-up in order to guarantee the feasibility of big projects in our environment
- Build a win-win relationship with the business to jointly design the best solutions at the appropriate time at an affordable cost.
- Define the architectural vision allowing to execute the business strategy whilst supporting the key IT needs of reliability and affordability.
- Is accountable to deliver the IT strategy and the technological direction in his area of competence.
- Is accountable for the correct introduction of new technologies.
- Choose the best solutions within the existing and emerging technologies best fitting in the company and the strategical IT needs.
- Work out/elaborate solutions for the different hard- and software environments and components.
- He/she is accountable for the application landscape in his/her business domain and survey the coherent and optimal implementation of processes and technological strategies. Consequently he/she understands very well what are the driving contributions to TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and is key contributor to keep their evolution under control.
- Works closely together with and support the Head of Architecture and Demand in governing the corporate application landscape, defining architectural roadmap, and refining the architectural Strategy and Vision.

THE INDIVIDUAL

BACKGROUND

- The ideal candidate has an university degree in exact sciences (preferably in IT) or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Background in SAP, .Net, SQL, Java and SOA, and sufficient technical and programming knowledge to correctly evaluate migration, trials and development strategies.
- A proven track record of working on successful IT strategy and architecture designs and their implementation.
- A proven track record of deliver successful solutions in complex negotiations
- The ideal candidate is able to explain to a main board in plain English and French the complex technical reality, allowing the senior leadership of the company to evaluate options and take the right decisions.
- Professional experience in the management of technological development platforms. Knowledge of SAP is an asset.
- Professional experience as domain/enterprise architect.
- Professional experience in a SOA architecture.
- French Speaking

EXPERIENCE

ConSol Partners are looking for someone who has experience working with a high attention to both detail and standards. Our client is offering competitive rates and in return are looking for an individual who has a work hard ethic and appropriate experience to help build the companies exciting portfolio.

CONSOL PARTNERS

ConSol Partners are an award-winning specialist IT recruitment consultancy based in Central London, (with regional offices in Los Angeles, and Boston Massachusetts) with an international focus, having placed candidates in over 55 countries across the Telecommunications, Development and Content space. We work in collaboration with growing organisations on exclusive assignments to find them the best talent in the industry. We only focus in this niche market, allowing us to offer unrivalled sector knowledge, key insights into companies' hiring and professional delivery to manage your job search from start to finish.

ConSol Partners are accepting C.V's for application immediately and our client intends to interview and proceed ASAP.