Aanmaakdatum

04/15/2024

Gewenste startdatum

05/01/2024

Jobtype

Freelance, Time & Material

Ervaringsniveau

 

Expert

Sector

Utilities

Referentie

CJ1504202401

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Locatie

Enterprise Architect (expert)

Introductie

De Watergroep is the largest drinking water company in Flanders. We supply drinking water to more than 3 million customers in 180 Flemish municipalities. As an integrated water company, we are also active as a sewer manager and we realize industrial water projects tailored to companies (at home and abroad).

Korte Omschrijving

  • You are co-responsible for the further development of the enterprise architecture within De Watergroep, including all aspects within EA (including capabilities and project and program approach from the 4 dimensions (organization, processes, information and technology).
  • Contributes to developing and implementing the general enterprise architecture.
  • Works on a framework to provide strategic guidance.
  • Establishes generally applicable guidelines and standards in consultation with management and team members.
  • Within a number of specific strategic programs (including the asset management lifecycle program, SCADA WaterUnie, etc.) you translate the business vision into an architecture for the organization and a roadmap for its realization.
  • Provides advice in the integral translation of the strategic objectives into the necessary adjustments to the roadmap of improvement projects, using EA techniques, such as TOM choice, Pace Layering, … to achieve these.
  • Contributes to developing and implementing the EA team’s processes.
  • Provides advice in the context of business cases relating to enterprise architecture.
  • Helps to create awareness within the organization about the new team and the EA approach to all stakeholders.
  • Researches the possibilities of MAVIM (enterprise architecture tool) to support the above.
  • Manages MAVIM (user management, release monitoring, repositories, architectural diagrams, …)
  • Views the further development, integrations and collaboration of MAVIM with other business tooling (including process portal, BPMN modeling tools, intranet, etc.) based on organizational needs.

Vaardigheden

Specific skills
SKILL REQUESTED WEIGHT TYPE OF RESPONSE
Demonstrable communication skills and experience with teamwork and project-oriented work. Senior ( 5.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Demonstrated experience as an enterprise architect Medior ( 3.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Demonstrable experience with architectural concepts Senior ( 5.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of business engineering; being able to propose business solutions that are a good interplay between business and technology knowledge. Medior ( 3.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Capacity to oversee multiple individual projects and to manage and optimize the substantive connections regarding EA between the various projects. Senior Yes Must have Yes / No
Communication and customer oriented. Senior ( 5.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Higher education (Master or Bachelor) and demonstrable training in the field. Yes Must have Yes / No
Strong abstraction, problem-solving skills and analysis-oriented. Senior ( 5.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Strongly focused on mutual cooperation and open communication Senior ( 5.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Experience in leading large and complex programs, with a focus on EA and transition projects. Medior ( 3.00 years ) Should have Experience levels and years of experience
Being able to correctly analyze the needs and requirements of the users and being able to translate these functionally and technically into an architectural solution (4 dimensions). Senior ( 3.00 years ) Should have Experience levels and years of experience
Demonstrable experience in technical environments within the utility sector in which the projects and programs are situated (Maximo, GIS, Wincc, …) Senior ( 5.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Proven experience of ITIL Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Experience in change management Junior ( 1.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Be able to build thorough insight into a broad domain of business processes (customers, accounting, planning module for sectors, purchasing, etc.) Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Knowledge of current and company-specific software Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Knowledge of process improvement methodologies (Agile, LEAN, …). Being able to transfer expert knowledge in the field Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Be able to use project management techniques and tools (risk management, issue management, etc.). Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Very good knowledge of the terminology, organization, roles and processes of the PM methodology (e.g. Prince-2), preferably demonstrated by certification. Medior ( 3.00 years ) Nice to have Experience levels and years of experience
Sector knowledge
SKILL REQUESTED WEIGHT TYPE OF RESPONSE
Knowledge of the public sector is a plus Yes Nice to have Yes / No
General Skills
SKILL REQUESTED WEIGHT TYPE OF RESPONSE
Demonstrable experience as a specialist architect in a specific domain (networking, security, server infrastructure, application architecture, ERP, ECM platforms, Data warehouse and BI, …) or Enterprise Architect Expert ( 8.00 years ) Must have Experience levels and years of experience
Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Modeling techniques (Archimate, Togaf, UML, Sparx EA) Yes Must have Yes / No
Language requirement: Dutch at European CEFR – level C2. Yes Must have Yes / No
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of business processes in general Yes Should have Yes / No
Demonstrated knowledge and experience of the various Project Management facets (costs, timing, coordination, planning, estimates) Yes Should have Yes / No
Demonstrated knowledge of all domains plus proven specialist architect in at least 1 specialist domain (infrastructure, application, security, data, process…) Yes Should have Yes / No