Digital Workplace Architect

A job at Proximus? You'll find that everything revolves around the idea 'Think Possible'. This means: we always assume that something is possible, even if it seems impossible. Well, especially so, actually. Call it a way of thinking that involves being open to a world of digital solutions that make our lives easier. And our way of working smarter.

As a Digital Workplace (DWS) Architect, you determine the architectural evolution of the digital workplace and build the medium & long term roadmap based on the corporate strategy & in collaboration with different stakeholders: business, security, compliance & governance, user experience/change management, engineering and other architects.

Role and responsibilities

• You advice your management on architectural strategy level.
• You shape end-to-end solutions and solution architectures around Microsoft 365 & digital workplace solutions, including estimation and solution planning.
• You work closely with business users, engineers and change managers, as a subject matter expert in digital workplace solutions.
• You facilitate discussions and resolution between diverse groups of stakeholders across the enterprise, with the sole objective of ensuring a consistent approach to the execution of the digital workplace strategy
• You assist with the development of workplace design standards related to Microsoft 365
• You translate business requirements into high-level design and low-level component designs
• You develop and document the solution architecture specifications and ensure its publication and communication
• You ensure produced designs adhere to architectural roadmaps and supports the development, execution, and operation of service
• You lead technical design sessions for Microsoft 365 related projects with cross-technical teams
• You participate to the creation and evaluation of the eventually required RFP/RFQs and proof of concepts.
• You support project teams during the implementation and transition phases
• You supervise the implementation of the requirements executed by application engineers until the deployment of the solution within the production environment.
• You act as a mentor for the engineers to share your knowledge and experience
• You continuously follow-up of digital workplace evolution and roadmap

Required competencies:

• You have a Bachelor and/or Master degree in computer science, information technology, telecom engineering and/or equivalent professional experiences
• You are passionate about Microsoft 365 ecosystem, and feel comfortable using it
• You have hard won experience of deploying Microsoft (cloud) solutions, being able to identify pain points and lessons learned when designing solutions and providing guidance to others.
• You have 10y experience in IT infrastructure architecture/design/engineering within a complex IT environment
• Microsoft certification (for example MD100, MD101, MS500, AZ300 & AZ301) is a plus
• You have strong analytical skills and anticipate the impact of possible solutions to complex problems.
• You are optimistic, solution oriented, creative with an open mind.
• Customer centricity is part of your nature.
• You value communication and collaboration with others.
• You have a learning attitude.
• Good knowledge (both oral and written) of English as well as Dutch or French is mandatory.

Naturally we have a competitive salary package for you. But there is so much more!

• We are 100% Belgian. So we make decisions in three languages. And all at the same time if you like!
• We are open to everyone: M, W, X, and in fact all the other letters of the alphabet.
• We encourage personal growth. At the Proximus Academy, you won't even want to miss a session.
• We are, of course, committed to sustainability. What else did you think?
• We firmly believe that working together is important, but that having fun together is even more so. That is why we regularly organise fun activities. (Please let us know if you have a talent for playing Santa Claus!)
• We believe in responsibility. Also in yours. For example, you can take it to launch your own initiatives.
• We put our customers first. And because we are all customers somewhere, you already know what that means. That's good.
• And the ever-important work-life balance? We keep it in the right place.

In a nutshell … We offer you a job full of opportunities to grow and learn, a job that will push you forward, as you shape the digital future with us. And in doing so, you might achieve more than you thought possible. Are you a professional who thinks like this? Someone who sees solutions where others only see obstacles. Then you are a talent that can still grow with us. Every day.