Enterprise / Solution Architect

Enterprise & Solution Architect – Freelance

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Work arrangement: Hybrid

Contract: Freelance

Duration: Long-term

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise & Solution Architect to support complex technology initiatives within an established organisation in Brussels.

The role suits an architect with a broad technical background who can connect business needs with technology, shape practical solutions and work across different technology domains.

Your responsibilities:

• Translate business and technical requirements into enterprise and solution architectures.
• Define current- and target-state architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, standards and documentation.
• Design scalable, secure and sustainable solutions across different technology domains.
• Assess existing environments and identify opportunities for improvement and modernisation.
• Evaluate technology and architectural options and support technical decision-making.
• Work with business stakeholders, technical teams, suppliers and other architects.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout projects and transformation initiatives.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies and constraints.

Your profile:

• Several years of experience as an Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, IT Architect, Technical Architect or similar.
• Broad experience across enterprise IT environments.
• Strong background in architecture, solution design and technical consultancy.
• Comfortable working across multiple technology domains, such as applications, cloud, infrastructure, data, integration and security.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical, scalable solutions.
• Understanding of architecture governance, standards and documentation.
• Familiarity with common enterprise technologies such as Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, VMware, Windows/Linux, networking, databases, APIs and integration platforms.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills.
• Able to combine strategic thinking with a solid technical understanding.
• English required; Dutch and/or French is an advantage.