Ismail SIALYEN

Senior Enterprise Architect | AI Innovation

Salary / Daily rate

Luxembourg

Freelance

Skills

LLMs / Large language modelsDigital TransformationBusiness AnalysisMachine LearningAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureMicroservicesKafkaRESTful APIsGraphQLScrumKubernetesDockerTerraformJavaPythonJavascriptPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisGoogle BigQueryElasticsearchPrometheusGrafanaDevOps

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)Dutch

About me

Intro

Senior Enterprise Architect with 15+ years leading AI innovation and digital transformation across telecom, government, and finance. Reduced LLM hallucinations by 38% through published AI research (EU AI Act-compliant); architected multi-cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Azure OpenAI) and TMF-compliant systems at Orange. Specialized in AI Agent design, MLOps pipelines, and enterprise modernization—delivering measurable results for mission-critical environments.

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Work experience

Senior Enterprise Architect

Orange Group (Telecommunications)

Sep 2023 - Present

3 years 2 months

Luxembourg

– Leading wholesale platform transformation as Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) integrating AI-enabled automation and intelligent orchestration capabilities – Enterprise modeling is approached with rigor, using tools like BiZZdesign, ARIS, SPARX and ArchiMate to produce coherent and maintainable architectural views. Technology strategy is aligned with business objectives through strict adherence to standards including TOGAF, TMF and COBIT, complemented by emerging AI governance frameworks. – Architected TMF-compliant target systems (Service Inventory Domain, enhanced Telecom Operations Map, Telecom Application Map) with embedded AI decision engines – Designed AI Agent architectures with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and real-time streaming for enterprise Generative AI platforms – Implemented multi-cloud architecture (AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI) with MLOps continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

Founder & AI Research Lead

Independent Research Lab

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years 10 months

– Developed Relational Coherence Engine (RCE-LLM): novel architecture that reduces LLM hallucinations by 38% through deterministic contextual reasoning-validated with public benchmarks against GPT-4 and Claude baselines – Published peer-reviewed research on explainable AI reasoning aligned with EU AI Act requirements for transparency and auditability (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17341357) – Architecting enterprise-grade MVP targeting high-stakes domains (legal, medical, financial) where hallucination-free AI is mission-critical

Senior Enterprise Architect

Belgian Federal Government (BOSA)

Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

11 months

Brussels, Belgium

– Architected European Digital Wallet infrastructure with electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services (eIDAS) 2.0 compliance – Delivered C-level digital transformation roadmap with tailored Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and DevOps practices

Senior Enterprise Architect

VOO S.A. (Telecommunications)

Mar 2018 - Oct 2022

4 years 8 months

– Led Enterprise Information Management (EIM) program with Big Data and AI integration on AWS cloud infrastructure – Architected SAFe program delivery integrating SAP S/4 HANA, 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities – Established TMF Open API compliance framework enabling Business Support Systems (BSS) and Operations Support Systems (OSS) interoperability

Project Manager / Enterprise Architect

Rabobank

Nov 2015 - Feb 2018

2 years 4 months

Utrecht, Netherlands

– Analysed, defined and modelled target microservices architecture for core banking systems based on architecture vision – Managed project planning, risk analysis, quality control, and technology migration coordination with stakeholders

Senior Project Manager

European Commission (DG Taxation and Customs Union)

Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

2 years 3 months

Brussels, Belgium

– Managed customs IT systems across EU Member States: technical specifications, deployment schedules, compliance requirements – Delivered quality assurance for large-scale integration projects with executive and Member State reporting

Project Manager

European Commission (DG Research and Innovation)

Dec 2010 - Jul 2013

2 years 8 months

Brussels, Belgium

– Led COREFLOW project: major Oracle BPM initiative for electronic workflow management of payment processes across Directorate Generals – Designed SOA and web services architecture using BPMN 2.0, managed contractor teams with Scrum delivery methodology

Software Engineer / Lead Architect

Proximus

Jul 2005 - Nov 2010

5 years 5 months

Brussels, Belgium

– Responsible for OSS platform architecture and development of automated provisioning applications. Built deep expertise in Oracle BPEL, Web Services (SOAP, WSDL), EJB, and Java stack-foundational experience for distributed systems and integration architecture.


Education

Université catholique de Louvain

Master of Engineering, Physics Specialization

ISFCE

Bachelor of Science, IT Management (ISFCE)


Licenses & certifications

TMForum Member

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PRINCE2 Certified

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TOGAF 9.1 Certified

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