Business architect

About this role

For the European Commission in Brussels, we are looking for a Business architect.

Tasks

• Hands-on position capable of assisting the development team in the implementation of the different functionalities and processes.
• Create business architecture models with Microsoft technologies (such as SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, Power Apps, …) that reflect the organization’s strategies and goals.
• Draft internal architectural proposals (including designs).
• Integrate the program strategies and ensure alignment with business strategies and drivers, and management priorities.
• Evaluate systems for discrepancies or vulnerabilities.
• Provide business architecture and systems processing guidance, for instance the integration of corporate reusable solutions with Microsoft Dynamics and asses the coherence of the various architectural levels.
• Assistance during relevant parts of development, testing, analysis, technical documentation, deployment, evaluation, and reporting of these Microsoft solutions.
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference.
• Code Review to ensure high quality code is produced.
• Interaction with the business analysts, customer, users, project leaders and the developers.

Knowledge And Skills

• Good knowledge of architecture best practices and patterns.
• Good knowledge of applications design.
• Good knowledge of modelling tools.
• Good knowledge of enterprise architecture best practices, goals and tools (Enterprise Architect)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics CRM (on prem and online).
• Good knowledge of Relational DBMS SQL Server.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Good knowledge of business process analysis.
• Good knowledge of .Net programming.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power Apps environment.
• Knowledge of interoperability technology (SOA, web services, message-oriented middleware, service-oriented bus, event architecture).
• Good knowledge of agile process and methodologies.
• Ability to participate in technical and business meetings.
• Ability to apply high quality standards.
• Ability to cope with fast changing technologies.
• Very good communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Autonomous with strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to participate in technical meetings and communicate clearly on technical matters.