IT Solution Architect

Sword Technologies is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect to support the National Bank of Belgium in designing, guiding and validating resilient infrastructure solutions across on-premises and hybrid environments.

The assignment requires broad infrastructure architecture expertise, combined with strong knowledge of database platforms, infrastructure modernisation, high availability and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions covering on-premises platforms and hybrid cloud integrations.

• Define and validate scalable, secure and resilient infrastructure architectures.

• Provide architectural guidance on logical and physical database design, application database migrations and database maintenance.

• Design and assess high availability solutions and disaster recovery plans.

• Address enterprise storage, backup, restoration and data protection requirements.

• Design and guide the implementation of hyperconverged infrastructure.

• Produce clear architecture documentation, diagrams and technical recommendations.

• Work closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to maintain architectural consistency throughout delivery.

• Proactively report progress, risks and dependencies.

• At least five years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture on similar assignments for organisations of comparable size.

• At least three years of experience in the financial and/or public sector.

• Strong expertise in infrastructure architecture across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.

• Extensive database knowledge covering Oracle, SQL Server on-premises, Azure SQL and PostgreSQL.

• Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, storage and backup architectures.

• Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure.

• Practical knowledge of infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and Ansible.

• Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, load balancing and SD-WAN.

• Knowledge of virtualisation and container platforms such as VMware, Nutanix, Docker and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of Windows Server and Linux environments, including RHEL.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure services and landing zone design, particularly Azure.

• Knowledge of architecture frameworks and modelling tools.

• Understanding of security architecture, identity and access management, Zero Trust, encryption and relevant compliance frameworks.

• Strong stakeholder management, documentation and presentation skills.

• Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of deliverables and communicate complex topics clearly.

Languages

• French or Dutch: minimum B2.

• Other national language: minimum A1/A2.

• English: minimum B2.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Assignment details

• Start date: 16 November 2026.

• Workload: full-time,

• Duration: two years

• Remote working: up to 50%, subject to departmental needs and the supervising official’s approval.