Position: Domain Architect (Back related capabilities)
Company: Materialise
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2022-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

The Domain Architect is responsible for appropriate architecture recommendation during studies and project execution at functional, applicative and data level. The Domain Architect is involved into implementation of Finance & Controlling, Procurement, Logistics, Manufacturing (additive & traditional), integrated with Configure Price Quote and Sales Order solution, as well as Human Resources, his focus being at the Back related capabilities. He is working closely with the Domain Architect focusing on the Customer and Front related capabilities.  

The recumbent uses his/her communication skills to facilitate dialogue between business teams, IT teams and external IT partners to provide adequate and reliable business-IT solutions and alignment between the major stakeholders.

The Domain Architect works closely with internal and external implementation teams, with the business analysts, developer and IT project manager.
 

**Qualifications & Experience **

**Responsibilities**
Understand and advocate Business Needs (“the demand”) and translate them into Key Business Drivers to ensure appropriate architecture recommendation.
Provide an architecture recommendation following Functional, Applicative, Data and Integration perspectives in answer to business needs and business drivers:
Define Information Model and an Application Data Model
Define Master Data (master / slave relations) between Applications
Define Integration Solution at functional level
Validate Configuration vs Code
Validate Key Features that are part / not part of the Application scope 
Validate Analysis and Design, ensure consistency with Domain Architecture and Application Architecture
Evaluate and recommend architecture options taking into considerations Target Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Integration Architecture and Design Principles.
Develop Transition Domain and Application Architecture and refine Target Architecture in close collaboration with Business and IT stakeholders.
Position the Demand towards other Projects as part of the Business Application Roadmap and Yearly Roadmap.
Lead and facilitate content wise decision-making process in case of options, follow validation mechanisms inside the project or service team.
Work independently inside the project team or service team with key business and IT stakeholders.    
Ensure continuous up to date knowledge around Business Applications in scope of his domain, Technology Development and general IT Industry Evolution. 
Understand, advocate and support IT architecture solution strategy and related policies and standards inside the IT department and towards the business community.
Support the IT Project Manager in scoping, estimates and sourcing (strategies) during project preparation when relevant.    
Manage relationship with IT project manager, Business Application Service Manager, business analyst, developer and IT partner depending on need or concern.
 
**Requirements**
Master degree or equivalent by experience.
Deep technical understanding of enterprise architecture and frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, …); experience in some domains such as Domain / Functional Architecture, Application Architecture, Integration architecture, Information / Data Architecture.
Experience with projects involving different technologies and application platforms (like Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP – Cloud and SaaS solutions) in a large organization and demonstrated knowledge of the challenges faced by different teams in coming up with an integrated enterprise wide solution.
Strong knowledge of technologies and trends relevant to the business applications.
Familiar with software development lifecycles and related good/best practices.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork and facilitation and this at various levels; ability to navigate the enterprise and project “politics”; able to drive change in an organization; natural authority.
Leadership skills.
Demonstrated experience working in a cross-functional, highly matrixed organization, including corporate and third-party resources.
 

**Materialise offers you**
People are the cornerstone of Materialise and we treasure the talent, skills, and values of our employees very highly. We believe that maintaining the right environment and culture for employees is crucial for an organization’s success. Therefore, we are devoted to building a global team of specialists in an open environment that favors personal growth. Programs have been put in place to keep our fair, direct company culture alive. Moreover, we proudly invest in personal development and offer challenging careers where employees are empowered to grow professionally as well as personally. You will liaise with different people throughout the organization on a daily basis and we guarantee that no day will be the same. Your effort and energy will be rewarded with a competitive salary and with extralegal advantages. In order to have a good work-life balance, we offer you flexible working hours.