For one of our clients at the European Commission, we are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect for the following role :
Following tasks will be performed by external service provider:
Architecture Design
Developing and maintaining enterprise architecture blueprints, covering business processes, information flows, applications, and technology infrastructure.
Creating and documenting key architecture deliverables, including:
Architectural Decision Records (ADR) Capturing key technology choices, rationale, and trade-offs;
Solution Architecture Documents (SAD) Providing detailed solution designs, system interactions, and implementation guidelines;
Defining and maintaining a long-term architecture vision, ensuring scalability, flexibility, and sustainability of IT systems;
Aligning architecture with business strategy, enabling digital transformation, cloud adoption, and
modernization initiatives;
Ensuring consistency and integration across enterprise systems through standardized patterns,
reusable components, and API-driven architectures.
Standards and Governance
Establishing enterprise-wide architecture standards to guide technology selection, system design,
and integration patterns;
Defining governance frameworks to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, security
policies, and industry best practices;
Driving compliance and standardization by implementing architectural review processes and
ensuring adherence to approved methodologies.
Collaboration and Communication
Engaging with stakeholders (architects, development teams, security teams) to gather requirements, constraints, and strategic goals;
Leading architecture review boards to assess technology choices, design decisions, and ensure
adherence to enterprise standards;
Moderating technical debates to reach consensus on key architectural topics, ensuring that decisions are made in a structured and documented manner (e.g., via Architectural Decision Records ADRs);
Facilitating workshops and design sessions to define system architectures, integration approaches, and cloud adoption strategies.
Profile :
Development skills: familiarity with programming languages and development practices to understand application development processes (JEE / .NET / JavaScript etc.)
Cloud computing: Understanding of cloud computing concepts and experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure / AWS / ServiceNow)
Microservices Architecture: deep understanding of distributed systems, service decomposition, and domain-driven design (DDD);
Service Mesh Architecture: knowledge of service mesh frameworks, and their role in traffic
management and security;
Container Orchestration: proficiency in container based solutions (Kubernetes), Docker and
containerized workloads for deploying microservices at scale;
Event-driven Architecture: understanding of asynchronous messaging patterns, Kafka and event
sourcing;
Middleware: understanding the middleware technologies and their role in integrating different
components of an IT architecture deployed in hybrid environments
DevOps and CI/CD: knowledge of DevOps principles and experience with continuous integration and deployment
API Design and Management: knowledge of API design principles and experience in managing APIs for efficient system integration
Emerging Technologies: awareness of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
Security Architecture: knowledge of information system security principles and the ability to design secure systems and infrastructure
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: proficiency in popular enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or others.