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The mission of MWingz, as a Joint Venture between Orange and Proximus, is to power the first shared mobile network in the best and most efficient way. We are the Magic WINGZ for Orange and Proximus making society fly.

Within MWingz, we make every effort to be a “great place to work” for our approximately 240 colleagues. In our diverse and caring organization, you can use your talents to the full, develop yourself further and you will find yourself in a culture where you can recharge together with colleagues, and be genuinely proud of our common goal of value creation for our clients.

We offer a flexible and easily accessible working environment in the heart of Brussels, with an attractive remuneration package and numerous contemporary and personalized benefits.

We currently have an open position as Lead Entreprise Architect

Your Mission

The Lead Enterprise Architect is accountable for defining, governing, and continuously evolving the organization’s enterprise IT architecture, ensuring that applications, data, infrastructure, and platforms coherently support business strategy and operational objectives.

The role translates business direction into target architectures, architectural principles, and technology roadmaps, and steers architectural decision making to ensure that IT solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, cost effective, and sustainable over time.

Acting as a trusted architectural authority, the Lead Enterprise Architect provides expert guidance to management, business stakeholders, and delivery teams, ensuring alignment across initiatives and increasing architectural maturity across the organization.

As a Lead Entreprise Architect , you are responsible to :

Architecture Definition & Governance

• Define and maintain the overall IT architecture framework, covering application landscape, data architecture, infrastructure (including cloud and hybrid platforms), tooling, and standards.
• Establish and evolve architectural principles, reference architectures, and target states aligned with business strategy and long-term objectives.
• Govern architectural consistency by reviewing, challenging, and approving solution designs against agreed standards and target architectures.
• Own and document key architectural decisions, including rationale, trade-offs, and long-term implications.
  Strategic & Advisory Contribution
• Translate business requirements and strategic priorities into coherent architectural roadmaps that balance business value, technical sustainability, and risk.
• Act as a trusted advisor to management and senior stakeholders on architectural options, constraints, and technology choices.
• Provide architectural input into transformation, modernization, and innovation initiatives.
  Alignment & Cross-Functional Leadership
• Ensure alignment between solutions, platforms, and technologies across teams, domains, and initiatives.
• Influence and guide development, infrastructure, operations, and vendor teams in applying architectural principles, without direct line authority.
• Promote a shared understanding of the architecture, increasing architectural awareness and adoption across the organization.

Risk, Security & Compliance

• Ensure that solutions are secure by design, resilient, and compliant with internal policies and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Identify architectural risks and define mitigation strategies in collaboration with the Security Architect and other relevant stakeholders.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor technology trends and emerging practices, assess their relevance, and advise on opportunities for innovation or optimization.
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