The mission takes place within a major Belgian player in the energy sector and is focused on the Asset business domain, which supports infrastructure operations. The consultant is expected to act as a pragmatic bridge between business initiatives and IT implementation, translating business capabilities into scalable technical blueprints for the management of physical assets through digital solutions.
As Domain Architect, the consultant will be responsible for:
* Architectural translation and design: building a strategic tandem with Business Architecture to translate organizational capabilities into actionable IT roadmaps; converting complex business processes into detailed IT blueprints for development and implementation teams
* Standards and governance: defining and enforcing domain-specific principles in alignment with group and local principles, standards and reference architectures; formalizing decisions through Architectural Decision Records (ADRs); Portfolio management: maintaining a single source of truth for the Asset IT application and platform portfolio within the Enterprise Architecture Repository; working with solution architects to ensure solutions remain viable across build, run, evolve and retire phases and aligned with domain strategy and quality standards
* performing peer reviews of Solution Architecture deliverables for domain consistency; advising senior stakeholders on long-term architectural implications of asset strategy decisions
* Data, integration and information architecture: working with Data Architects and Solution Architects to govern asset and operational data models, integration patterns and data ownership; working with Enterprise Architects and Platform Architects to ensure interoperability between enterprise systems, control systems and analytics platforms; coordinating with Data Architecture to ensure semantic consistency and data quality
* Security, resilience and compliance: working with security and compliance teams to embed security, availability and resilience requirements into the domain architecture; Strong communication skills to engage with C-level stakeholders, operational leaders, project and product leadership, and engineering teams, and to articulate trade-offs clearly
* Strategic mindset with the ability to design architectures that are scalable, compliant, resilient and operable across their full lifecycle
* Collaborative leadership with the ability to work across business, domain, solution, security, platform, enterprise, information and data architecture stakeholders
* Hands-on experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Event Storming and Agile Architecture methodologies
* Strong background in the energy and utilities sector, with specific exposure to Asset Management or Infrastructure environments
* Strong exposure to Asset Management, Infrastructure and operational environments
* Understanding of architecture implications related to security, availability, regulatory compliance and operational risk in critical-infrastructure environments
* Native-level proficiency in Dutch, French or German, and professional proficiency in English; knowledge of additional national languages is considered an asset
Full-time mission• For non-EU candidates, a valid Belgian work permit and residence permit are required
Diverse and inclusive team environment with knowledge sharing and collaborationDomain Architecture,TOGAF & ArchiMate,Asset Management / Infrastructure,IT/OT integration,Security, resilience & compliance,English proficiency,ATAM,Gartner TIME Compétences / Qualités qui seraient un +: Knowledge of one or more additional national languages beyond Dutch, French, German or English