Infrastructure Architect

We are currently looking for a Infrastructure Feature Architect for one of our clients based in Brussels.

The role and responsibiliites of a Feature Architect will be as follows:

As Feature Architect you reside at the Feature layer of the of the Scaled Agile/Scrum Framework and have the following objectives:

- have an in-depth understanding of the E2E view of release trains in order to support decisions and in-depth knowledge of the architecture of release trains in the following domains: infrastructure architecture (server, hardware, network, Mainframe, OS, Middleware), business architecture (capabilities, process, organization), information architecture (glossary), application architecture (application landscape), security and governance.
- document the architecture into the Enterprise Architecture Continuum (AKC).
- propose new architecture building block when needed towards Enterprise Architecture.
- define the IT services of the bank as generic and reusable as possible.
- are the patrimony guardian of the stability of the production.
- identify and confirm exception or waiver.

General context

Strategic goal of our Agile transformation is to build with Business & IT an organization which is less complex, more effective and decisive. This will enable the organization to achieve its strategic banking goals to better serve our customers.
Business & IT will be working together as - collaborative community- to deliver high quality software
development by applying the Scaled DevOps/Scrum Framework (SAFe) and the Continuous Delivery
Engineering Practices.
In-depth automation of the IT processes will require extensive IT knowledge in order to meet the challenges going forward.

Capabilities

- Contribute to deduct features from epics.
- Support Feature Management team in the prioritisation of features.
- Document an End-2-End view to support IT Integrators decisions.
- Document the dependencies between features in order to ease its allocation to a release train.
- Play the role of Product Owner in some architecture runway.
- Maintain the architecture documentation into the Enterprise Architecture Continuum (AKC).
- Contribute to deduct user stories from features.
- Support DevOps teams in the prioritisation of stories.
- Support DevOps team in any architecture concerns.
- Are member of the architecture community and contribute to events and knowledge sharing
- Operational skills and knowledge
- Have deep knowledge and experience in development and maintenance of IT environments.
- Have deep knowledge and experience in designing architectures which involve the application and integration of divergent products, technologies and services.
- Masters at least 2 of the following sub-areas of architecture: Enterprise, Business & Process, Information & Application, Infrastructure and Regulatory Architecture.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum, Continuous Delivery and working with Agile teams.
- Experience of working in a complex environment
- Strong Analytical skills
- Behavioural competences
- Teamwork
- Customer focus
- Problem analysis and judgement.
- Persuasive
- Entrepreneurship.
- Professional expertise/market focus
- Negotiation skills & stakeholder management