IT Solution Architect – Brussels

Introduction

This BioTech company is on a mission to make health equally accessible to all! They work every day to reinvent biomanufacturing processes and develop or integrate the next innovative technologies. Through the combination of process development and engineering expertise, they create synergies to deliver game-changing production capacities to achieve our mission: Biologics available and affordable to all!!

MISSION:

To support the business of our affiliates, we are actively looking for an IT Solution Architect responsible for designing and implementing information systems to meet the business goals. Technical ability is only one aspect of the internal infrastructure role. Creative thinking, project management and research also play a key part in the sourcing and design of new solutions which are fit for business purpose.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As IT solution architect you will:

• collaborate with the business to capture, clarify and translate the business needs
• Recommend and document solutions and alternatives considering the landscape readiness, the urgency and the vision
• Apply your methodic and analytical skills to create Solution Architecture design that depicts the solutions in term of technology choices, interconnectivity, security, data flows, deployment
• Demonstrate your ability to influence stakeholders, articulating the solution and underlying concepts to technical and non-technical audience and decision-makers
• Support the project manager to plan the execution, estimate the costs and understand the potential technical barriers and risks
• Plan and lead technical project assignments
• Follow up technology trends and their impact on the different business domains and share knowledge
• Contribute to :
  • To build the architecture guidelines and methods and standards
  • Shape the target IT landscape and transformation strategy
  • Provide advice and expertise to, and elaborate proposals and designs

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Master or Engineering degree in information technology or equivalent
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience as solution architect or a similar function;
• Proven experience in gathering requirements and analyzing the impact 
• Fluent in English and French with strong communication skills
• Leadership and autonomy: able to pull a project towards good realization, lead workshops and take ownership
• Good Communication and negotiation skills: able to adapt communication jargon and storyline to the audience (business, affiliates, scientists, management…) and bring the different parties to a common land
• Methodic and analytical
• Demonstrated experience in solutions integration and integration technologies
• Knowledge or affinity with server technology, networks and Firewalls, Storage, Virtualization, cloud solutions (Azure), Data platform (Synapse, PowerBI), S4Hana
• Knowledge or strong affinity with Cybersecurity (Office and industrial environments)
• Knowledge of Pharma IS like LIMS, MES, EBR, – strong plus
• Experience with regulated environments (GxP, CSV, SoX) – in a strong plus