IT Solution Architect

Purpose and Mission

Bekaert is leading transformation program to enhance end-to-end user experience and deliver user journeys that drive impact across multiple cross functional processes. Bekaert’s employees, suppliers and customers across the value chain are getting increasingly sophisticated and expect a seamless and well-designed user experience.

Bekaert organization is reviewing the success and performance of these end-to-end user journey through seamless integrated processes. You will join us as “Solution Architect – Enterprise Integration” to provide technical leadership for leading design and practices related to Integration solutions within enterprise as well as with external partners (customers, suppliers, financial organizations etc.)

You are accountable to partner with technical, functional, and business peers to guide the solution design efforts best suited to meet business objectives. In addition to technical expertise, the role also calls for the ability to demonstrate effectiveness in execution, working with our delivery partners to ensure smooth execution and support. As a solution architect you will lead the organization in developing, maintaining, and governing of the Integration and Technology Landscape.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

As Solution Architect (Enterprise Integration) you shall be involved in researching, reviewing, and making recommendations on any new software applications or innovations from a perspective of design, integration, and technical fit with other systems.

You will also help with integration architecture guidelines, standards and solutions that support the business strategy, business outcomes and needs. Lead and provide guidance to the teams on Application-to-Application (A2A), Business-to-Business (B2B) integration and Enterprise Messaging.

You will:

• Understand business needs, system functionality and business processes to maintain the source and /or target data and develop the process and data integration design
• Create technical design, which includes current and future functionality, Applications / Database objects impacted, specifications, and flows/diagrams to detail the Integration implementation.
• Design, develop, test, and implement complex event processing solutions that unlock the value of enterprise information.
• Develop, present, and deliver high impact demonstrations and prototypes of integration solutions for stakeholders
• Hands on design, development, deployment, and maintenance of integration processes between applications across cloud and/or on-premise using SAP CPI, MuleSoft, Microsoft Logic Apps platform (Cloud Integration, Application Integration and Enterprise web services)
• Analyse source and target systems and source / target data to assess system constraints, data quality and gaps. Work with technical and business representatives to determine strategies for handling gaps/anomalies that are identified.
• Define and implement best practices for integrations with enterprise systems such as ERP, Customer systems and Supply Chain systems (e.g. SAP, Microsoft, Adobe Commerce, OMP)
• Manage, monitor, sustain, troubleshoot, and support integrations built using SAP CPI / MuleSoft / Microsoft Logic Apps, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Manage technical risk by identifying and advocating for the best possible solution as well as Identify inefficiencies or gaps (data integrity, security, performance, manageability, etc.)
• Lead activities to manage software life-cycle management among non-production and production environments.
• Provide guidance and drive the creation of standards, reusable assets, and automation required for scale and multiple lines of business adoption.
• Lead a team of globally distributed developers, working with business stakeholders, and working in a large enterprise setting with multiple cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
• 9+ years of overall experience, 5+ years into solution architecture with Integration technologies
• Demonstrate excellent technical & architecture skills in the context of Integration Design Patterns, Development standards and Best Practices
• Experience in design and buld integration solutions for Appliction-2-Application, Business-2-Business and Enterprise Messaging services
• Experience in integrating on premise SAP systems with SAP cloud applications such as SuccessFactors, Concur and Commerce, utilizing SAP Cloud Platform API Management.
• Experience in architecting solutions with the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for integration with enterprise systems as well as external systems hosted by customers, suppliers, partners etc.
• Strong knowledge of using XML, JSON, IDOC, RFC, JDBC, SOAP, HTTP, REST, SFTP
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand the needs for the various software applications.
• Analyze, understand, and improve tools and processes to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of implementing integrations