Medior/Senior Software Solution Architect - Payroll/Freelance

<h4><strong>About Brainsquare</strong></h4> <p>For 26 years, Brainsquare has built partnerships with clients of all sizes, from mid-market to large companies. We integrate their critical IT applications from design over development to 24/7 management. Today, we are 250+ people, with 6 offices worldwide, providing value for our partners around the clock. </p> <p>The spirit of our company mirrors how we treat our clients. We value our employees and clients alike as individuals and genuinely care about knowing their stories. We aspire to make Brainsquare a rewarding place to work, as we believe happy people working together may achieve greatness. Our entire team consists of strategic problem solvers who are creative and collaborative, and who take up each challenge with a positive attitude. </p> <h4><strong>Medior/Senior Software Solution Architect - Payroll/Freelance</strong></h4> <h4><strong>Your mission:</strong></h4> <p>Brainsquare is looking for a <strong>hands-on</strong> <strong>Software Solution Architect</strong> to manage an ERP migration within one of our IT-environments in <strong>Flemish-Brabant</strong>. You excel in communication &amp; coaching because you will initiate the project in very close collaboration with the customer. In addition, you will also be the first member of the Team we will build to deliver this initiative. We envision a team consisting of a Software Solution Architect and two Senior Software Engineers.</p> <p>We are looking for somebody who has a strong knowledge within the <strong>.NET framework &amp; Azure</strong> to come up with a structural solution <strong>supporting the migration in a first phase</strong>, and an <strong>API oriented landscape in the next</strong>. To be successful as a Solution Architect in this mission, you should be able to clearly understand business needs and translate those into an architecture that fulfils those business needs and can be used by the software engineering team to work on.<strong> You have a very hands-on mentality and management style</strong> <strong>(=key skill).</strong><br/></p> <h4><strong>Your main tasks:</strong></h4> <p>Specifically, as a hands-on Software Solution Architect, your tasks will include:<strong><em><br/></em></strong></p> <ul><li>Translate business requirements into the right Solution Architectures<br/></li><li>Building and integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs.</li><li>Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical teams to recommend solutions to improve it.</li><li>Resolving technical issues as they arise.</li><li>Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.</li><li>Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented.</li><li>Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.</li><li>Make sure that solutions fit in the long-term company vision &amp; strategy</li></ul> <h3>Requirements</h3> <h4><strong>What we are looking for in you:</strong></h4> <p>This is a further list of the experience that we consider important for a Medior/Senior Software Solution Architect within the context of this project:<br/></p> <ul><li>Bachelor or Master’s degree in IT or equivalent experience<strong> </strong>(experience is more important than education! Certification is a plus).</li><li>You speak fluent English, knowledge of Dutch and/or French is a plus</li><li>Able to create a helicopter view on the architecture and how it needs to be achieved.</li><li>Profound knowledge in architecting, designing and implementing solutions with relation to data integration.</li><li>Knowledge in data modelling &amp; cleansing principles with anti-corruption layers.</li><li>Understanding of modern Data architectures and Data management (incl. MDM).</li><li>Azure API Management, Service Bus, Functions, ...</li><li>Good knowledge of Domain Driven Design &amp; Event Driven Architectures.</li><li>Experience in migration initiatives of core platforms.</li><li>Experience in building a service landscape around products.</li><li>Knowledge of best practices in security measures.</li><li>Knowledge of REST, ESB, Messaging, Web services, Event sourcing, Azure Cloud.</li></ul> <h4><strong>What we offer:</strong></h4> <p>We offer an attractive salary package, including:</p> <ul><li>A company car and fuel card </li><li>A mobile subscription </li><li>Partial refund of public transportation costs</li><li>A sound group insurance</li><li>A premium hospitalization insurance</li><li>Hybrid work<br/></li><li>Extra-legal holidays</li><li>Awesome Team Building &amp; Empowering Events</li></ul> <p>Brainsquare is a company of lifelong learners. We pride ourselves on giving our employees extensive, continuous training, making them real experts in highly sought-after domains.</p> <p>Each new employee at Brainsquare is paired with a Coach (someone with lots of experience and who has a good understa