Senior Enterprise Architect

Are you an Architecture leader with a strong desire to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment as part of a very successful global technology consulting company?
EPAM is expanding our European Delivery Function in Belgium and is looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect who brings a comprehensive blend of technical and consultative skills to drive and support our technology strategy conversion, ensuring alignment with business objectives for our various industry focused clients in the region.
The role requires a background in Enterprise Architecture, technology consulting, client engagement and stakeholder management with a focus on defining and guiding the architectural vision across complex, large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

• Play a key role in our Belgium business by leading Enterprise Architecture across key client projects
• Drive strategic advisory by partnering with clients' senior stakeholders to understand their business goals, challenges, and constraints whilst sharping technology strategy and roadmaps aligned with business objectives
• Participate in senior-level forums, councils and meetings to present, facilitate and report on the progress of the target architecture adoption
• Partner with multi-disciplinary teams including architecture, technology consulting, delivery management, product management and development teams
• Prepare, present and effectively communicate on architecture-related issues and risks to senior forums and management committees
• Oversee architecture vision and governance by defining enterprise-level architecture blueprints whilst establishing architectural governance frameworks, standards and best practices
• Oversee solution alignment by ensuring all solutions and platforms align with enterprise architecture and review and guide solution designs created by delivery teams
• Provide technology leadership, ensuring direction to solution and technical architects and stay up to date with emerging technologies, frameworks and tools
• Act as a liaison between business leaders and technology teams
• Direct our technology consultancy efforts in pre-sales pursuits, create and present architecture proposals and proof-of-concepts as required

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field (or relevant work experience)
• Fluent English speaker as well as either Dutch or French
• Extensive Enterprise Architecture experience ideally with a background or good understanding of Solution Architecture and Software Engineering
• Experience in a one or two industry sectors (Retail or Insurance being a strong advantage) with excellent understanding of major functional capabilities and common platform solutions across those sectors
• Well-versed in the development of Enterprise Architecture, including governance, business drivers, technology and change management processes
• Experience in managing and leading teams of experts in architecture and technology consulting
• Strong client-facing experience with the ability to influence and guide teams toward the right technical solutions, paired with a consultative, problem-solving approach that balances both short-term needs and long-term strategic goals
• Pre-sales experience with the ability to act in an advisory capacity to senior level client management whilst executing and leading on rapid conceptual designs, proof-of-concepts and client presentations
• Certifications in architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)

• 4 weeks of paid holidays
• 6 supplementary/compensation (paid) days (pro rata temporis)
• Private healthcare insurance
• Group insurance
• Meal vouchers
• Eco-vouchers
• Joint Committee gross bonus
• Transportation/bike allowance /company car /bike lease (if eligible)
• IT equipment (laptop)
• Mobile subscription (no device)
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, over 22,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more
• *All benefits and perks are subject to certain eligibility requirements