Excellent near-site (2 hours from Brussels) freelance opportunity for an Enterprise Architect.

Initial contract duration : 6 months with strong possibly of extension.

All-inclusive daily rate: 510 Euros

Mandatory experience:

Expert XML (XSLT, XSD, etc.) knowledge.
Knowledge of Java (JMS J2EE) architecture and technologies. Oracle/WebLogic technology stack, analytic and visualisation tools (for example AS4, Elastic Search, Kibana, KAFKA), and B2B message exchange protocols (for example AS4), UML, PMI
Knowledge of ITIL, Tempo Service management framework, MS project is an asset
Knowledge of publicly available data models like EU Customs and/or WCO is an asset

10 years’ experience with enterprise architecture solutions.
Extensive experience with architecting and managing the lifecycle of large scale complex distributed IT systems with multiple stakeholders.
This includes data and business process modelling, IT design, Technical Specifications, development, Conformance Testing against agreed standards, deployment into operations, the roll-out of transition and/or migration of large-scale IT systems from the one operational phase to the subsequent one.
Recent extensive project management experience within IT in large-scale integration projects, using a recognised methodology e.g. PMI, PM2, PM2-Agile, Prince2. Recent experience with Project management tools (such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluent, Nexus, Bitbucket, and Visio).
Experience in progress monitoring and reporting to all levels within the organisation and involved stakeholders.
Ability to present and to animate collective intelligence sessions, rapid self-starting capability, and ability to work autonomously are mandatory.
Recent extensive experience in consultation and coordination with business stakeholders for the assigned IT projects. A customer-oriented approach.
Extensive experience in negotiating technical solutions e.g. coming to an agreement on divergent views on data structures.
Recent extensive experience in consulting and coordinating multiple sub-contractors for the assigned IT projects.
Ability to produce understandable minutes, notes, business cases, vision documents, service level agreements, terms of collaboration, planning schedules, etc.
Ability to understand the technological aspects of the project, as well as the risks and the success factors