Senior Enterprise Architect - IT Project Manager Azure (Freelance optional)

Skills

What you'll do

• For a strategic automation initiative planned for 2027, you will lead the preparation and study phase focused on the industrialisation of application landscape deployments.
• Develop a complete and actionable project plan for the automation program, including milestones, governance, risk management and resource planning.
• Map critical dependencies between applications, identify integration points and define the required deployment sequencing across the landscape.
• Work closely with infrastructure and disaster recovery stakeholders to ensure deployment pipelines support zero-downtime objectives and solid business continuity standards.
• Integrate security and compliance requirements into the target deployment approach, including DevSecOps practices, NIS2 alignment, GDPR considerations and access governance.
• Prepare a clear financial and operational business case covering CapEx/OpEx, return on investment, efficiency gains and risk reduction for executive decision-makers.

About the role

📋 Tasks and responsibilities For a strategic automation initiative planned for 2027, you will lead the preparation and study phase focused on the industrialisation of application landscape deployments. • Develop a complete and actionable project plan for the automation program, including milestones, governance, risk management and resource planning. • Map critical dependencies between applications, identify integration points and define the required deployment sequencing across the landscape. • Work closely with infrastructure and disaster recovery stakeholders to ensure deployment pipelines support zero-downtime objectives and solid business continuity standards. • Integrate security and compliance requirements into the target deployment approach, including DevSecOps practices, NIS2 alignment, GDPR considerations and access governance. • Prepare a clear financial and operational business case covering CapEx/OpEx, return on investment, efficiency gains and risk reduction for executive decision-makers. • Help shape the architectural framework and define practical governance guidelines to support the execution roadmap. 📝 Your profile • You have solid experience as an Enterprise Architect in complex IT environments. • You hold the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. • You have strong expertise in data centre and Microsoft Azure architecture . • You bring hands-on knowledge of CI/CD , Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation tools such as GitHub , TFS and Jenkins . • You are familiar with architecture frameworks and modelling approaches such as TOGAF and ArchiMate . • You have experience facilitating the development of an architectural framework and defining governance processes and technical guidelines. • You have good knowledge of compliance and security frameworks such as NIS2 and ISO 27001 . • You have strong exposure to enterprise business continuity standards, including BCP/DR . • You demonstrate broad ICT knowledge and are comfortable working across multiple technical domains. • You are effective in multilevel stakeholder management and can communicate with both technical teams and executive stakeholders. • You are fluent in English . • You are fluent in French or Dutch , with at least a passive knowledge of the other national language at B1 level . 💼 Offer You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car. (Freelance is also possible) Originally posted on Himalayas