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.

Job Requirements

• 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.