IT Solution Architect

As part of a consortium tender for a European organisation, we are searching for a freelance Solution Architect to be responsible for the design and governance of complex mission-critical IT systems in the defence sector. They align business and operational requirements with secure, scalable, and interoperable technical solutions that meet strict military/defence standards.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational and capability requirements into secure and compliant IT solutions.
• Design multi-domain architectures across classified and unclassified environments.
• Align architecture with defense-specific frameworks (e.g. Federated Mission Networking (FMN), MAGERIT, NAF).
• Lead architectural decisions for command-and-control, secure communications systems and accredited wide area networks.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including military and civil program leads. Ensure interoperability with legacy systems.
• Collaborate closely with SOC and NOC and follow up procedures such as RFC.
• Produce solution architectures from several viewpoints and aspects, technical roadmaps, and integration plans.
• Support system accreditation, risk assessments, and security audits.

Profile

• Experience in enterprise or solution architecture, ideally within defense, aerospace.
• Strong understanding of TOGAF, ArchiMate and service-oriented architectures.
• Ability to move between detailed infrastructure designs to capability and higher-level solution building blocks designs.
• Familiarity in container-based and virtualization architecture.
• Able to collaborate between different projects and requirements in an agile way.
• Have the mindset to pickup new requirements and learn new technologies for the purposes of providing the needed solution.
• TOGAF/ArchiMate/Federated Mission Networking (FMN), NAF ITIL, PRINCE2 or PMI for project involvement
• Experience working in classified environments
• Summary of tech environment: Windows, Linux, VMware, Citrix, TCP/IP, DNA, DHCP, VoIP, SIP, Routing, Load balancers, Ethernet switching, IAM (AD), SSO, CyberArk, Fortinet/Cisco Firewalls, PKI, McAfee Endpoint Protection, SCCM, WSUS, SCOM, Splunk, SAN, RAID, LUNs, Dell EMC, EMC VNX, SQL, Oracle, MySQL, SOA, PowerShell, Exchange, ActiveSync, SharePoint, UML, GIS

Additional Details

SENIORITY: Senior

START DATE: April (ASAP)

DURATION: 12 Months

EXTENSION: Yes

CONTRACT: Freelance

LOCATION: Brussels

ONSITE POLICY: 3-4 days per week

HOURS PER WEEK: 40

LANGUAGES: Fluent English

SC: EU SECRET Personnel Security Clearance Required (must be eligible if not already cleared)

INTERVIEW PROCESS: Onsite Interview

If you are interested, please forward your updated resume to jay.kukoyi@vividresourcing.com to be considered.