Freelance position Solution Architect ELIA - Adesso Germany customer

At adesso Belgium, we are looking for a Solution Architect to support our German customer: ELIA

Customer info:

We are part of a leading Energy & Utilities organization committed to accelerating the energy transition through data and digital innovation. Our teams develop and maintain robust data platforms that empower business units to make smart, data-driven decisions — from forecasting energy usage to optimizing grid operations.

Preferred start date: ASAP

Duration: 12 months

Rate: To be discussed

Your role

The Belgian, German and European energy landscape is in full swing. Did you know that Elia Group plays a crucial role in this? 

As part of Elia Group, a European transmission system operator, Elia Belgium and 50Hertz in Germany ensures the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply in both countries. 

Side-by-side with other Contingent Workers and internal staff, you will play a part in building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces our ecological footprint.  

For the Solution Architecture function within the IT Architecture department, Elia Group needs a qualified Solution Architect to work with the Consumer Centricity (CC) Cluster organised in a product operating model following agile principles. 

A key aspect in the mission of the Solution Architect is to ensure Elia optimizes its IT infrastructure and Application Landscape and to do that, we need a qualified and dedicated solution architect. 

Ideal candidates excel at designing or adapting technical solutions to address business challenges while simultaneously modernizing the application landscape. 

The solution architect will be deeply involved in transformation initiatives serving Elia Groups business units located in Belgium and Germany, regularly interacting with business and IT stakeholders, and subject matter experts. 

Consumer Centricity enables Elia Group to become more consumer centric, enabling market parties to unlock more flexibility (centralized and decentralized) to efficiently balance the grid and ensure that end consumers reap the benefit of the energy transition. 

Service description: 

As a member of the Digital Division (Division D) of the group, the Solution Architect will: 

• Support the Customer Centricity product clusters daily in defining architectures that are realizable by the different product teams. 

• Help documenting the existing and future landscape in a consistent way in line with the other architects (Business, Domain and Solution Architects). 

• Be an advisor to other architecture disciplines in assessing (Architecture Trade-off) different architecture options. 

• Adopt and analyse constraints, non-functional and functional requirements 

• Conduct appropriate decomposition within the specifics of the business capability resulting in relevant Solution Building Blocks using recommended Architectural styles and patterns (based on Reference Architectures) 

• Serve as the key link aligning all relevant stakeholders in the Product Organization, the Architecture team as well as the delivery team 

• Deliver Architecture Designs in accordance with Elia Groups standards and guidelines 

• Provide designs following your experience in integration design, application architecture, and available tools 

• In the design lifecycle, following the governance structures (Architecture Review Boards) for gating and decision making (using techniques such as: ADR, ATAM) 

Requirements: 

The solution Architect has a proven expertise in solution design to support business transformations, he is able to create and execute an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions to achieve complex business objectives. We are looking for a landscape solution architect, able to understand the business and challenge the technical lead who: 

• Must have: 

• At least 6 years of relevant experience in the position of Solution Architecture with strong interaction with business and technical teams 

• Experience in different processes streams to identify all cross-modules end to end processes. 

• Document and maintain architecture blueprints (Business, Application, Data) artefacts, flows, integration 

• Evaluate specific needs businesses may have and build solutions to create, document, and integrate an organization's business, data, landscape, and requirements into a heterogeneous cohesive view. 

• Experience dealing with Enterprise-Level Portal Strategy (B2B/B2C) 

• Foundational knowledge Standards, such as ArchiMate, TOGAF, ATAM, CBAM 

• Foundational knowledge of Architecture Modelling Languages such as Archimate. an experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect is a plus. 

• Familiar with the principles of Domain Driven Design (DDD), and the principles, opportunities, and challenges of modern architectural paradigms such as microservices, event driven, event streaming architectures. And knows how to apply them. 

• Understanding of Data Architecture concepts (data products, Data Integration Patterns, Data Storage and Access Patterns…) 

• Should have 

• Familiar with IT infrastructure layer 

• Familiar with security concept (e.g OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SSO+) 

• Experience as developer (.NET, Micro Frontend, Backend for Frontend, Blazor, JS/TS, Azure Cloud Platform, K8s) 

• Foundational knowledge of RabbitMQ, Kafka, SAP (S/4 HANA, BTP, CPI, Event Mesh) 

Soft skills: 

• Facilitator, able to influence, explain and reach consensus. Acts as a bridge between business, platform and product team, and have good communication skills 

• Have an Agile mindset, working experience in an agile environment on large project is a plus. 

• Able to work in a team and is always open for feedback from his/her peers 

• Able to work autonomously and take initiative for engaging with people at all levels 

• Pragmatical approach result oriented 

Language skills: 

• Fluent in English. Supplier and procurement documentation and meetings with external parties will be in English. Knowledge of this language is mandatory.  

• The consultant will collaborate with French, Dutch and German speaking team members. Knowledge of those 3 languages, especially German, is an added value.  

• You are able to speak, read and write fluently English and French or Dutch. 

Additional information: 

• Location: Empereur 

• Telework: Minimum 2 days/week onsite (Tuesday certainly onsite) 

• Meeting and desk activities will be at Elia Group locations Emperor Building in Brussels. 

• Trips to Germany could happen, in case of, Elia will cover all costs. 

• Important: if the consultant will work in Belgium, for non-EU candidates, please present candidates who comply with the following criteria: 

• Possess a work permit allowing the individual to work in Belgium. 

• Hold a valid residence permit confirming the right of residence in Belgium. 

• An interesting project at the reference within the energy sector: Elia Group encourages innovation and collaboration. Within our company you will be at the forefront of the energy transition, and you will have the chance to contribute to ground-breaking technologies designed to accelerate this transition. It is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to demonstrate your skills and develop further your competences within this project. 

• Focus on well-being at work: we put maximum effort into a positive work culture in which your well-being is central. 

• A diverse team of co-workers: Elia Group puts a high value on diversity and inclusion. You will join a diverse and passionate team that enjoys sharing knowledge and leading the way towards a more sustainable future together. 

Why join adesso Belgium?

• Work in an international group with strong local expertise in Belgium.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver trusted, compliant, reusable data products.

• Flexible freelance setup with the support of a growing adesso Belgium community.