Braine-l'Alleud, BE Deadline: 13-07-2026 Posted: 29-06-2026#17071
Duties
Lead the design and development of solution architectures for complex projects, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
Define and maintain architecture standards, principles, and best practices across multiple initiatives.
Gather, analyse, prioritise, and manage business and technical requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve competing priorities and communicate architecture decisions.
Oversee systems development activities, ensuring compliance with security, quality, and development standards.
Design and review network architectures, including connectivity, capacity, security, resilience, and recovery solutions.
Produce architecture models and documentation to support technical and non-functional requirements.
Coordinate architecture activities across multiple projects and ensure consistency with organisational standards.
Requirements
Education & Experience
Master's degree in a relevant discipline with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, or Bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
Proven experience leading technical teams and delivering complex solution architecture projects.
Strong background in systems integration, network architecture, and communications systems.
Experience with wireless technologies, including SATCOM, and modern mobile communications infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with architecture modelling languages (e.g. ArchiMate, UML, SysML) and architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, NAF, DoDAF, or Zachman.
Experience with systems development, testing, implementation, quality assurance, and lifecycle management.
Certifications
ITIL Foundation.
PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent project management certification (PMP accepted).
Desirable
Experience with the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF v4) and Federated Mission Networking (FMN).
TOGAF, ArchiMate, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent certification.
Previous experience working within NATO or an international military/civilian environment.
Additional Information
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (100% on-site)
Travel: Occasional travel to other NATO sites in Belgium (1–2 times per month)