Job Openings Solution Designer (Senior) – Cloud & Azure

About the job Solution Designer (Senior) – Cloud & Azure

Solution Designer (Senior) – Cloud & Azure - FLU003954

Melle, Belgium
Full-time (100%) | Time & Materials | Hybrid
Start Date: 07 July 2026
Application Deadline: 20 May 2026
Duration: 24 months (with extension option)

We are looking for a Senior Solution Designer to join the CCoE within ICT Design & Integration. In this role, you will help design and evolve a secure, scalable, and reliable Azure-based cloud foundation for a large enterprise environment in the energy sector.

You will act as a key bridge between governance, platform teams, and product teams, ensuring that cloud architecture, design decisions, and implementations align with organisational standards and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve a secure and scalable Azure cloud platform
  • Define and implement cloud governance policies, including EPAC
  • Create solution designs in collaboration with product and application teams
  • Provide technical coordination across multiple projects
  • Continuously improve internal cloud services and platform capabilities
  • Review and challenge designs from external vendors and outsourcing partners
  • Ensure proper integration across cloud services and platforms
  • Design and implement cost allocation models (FinOps)
  • Support product teams with budgeting, cost governance, and Azure cost visibility
  • Manage Azure reservations, savings plans, and cost optimisation initiatives
  • Investigate and analyse cost anomalies and inefficiencies

Required Experience & Skills

  • Minimum 5 years' experience as Infrastructure Architect or Solution Designer
  • Experience in large enterprise environments (> 5000 users)
  • Strong experience with Agile / Scrum methodologies
  • Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure architecture, design, and implementation
  • Experience with Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
  • Experience with Azure Governance frameworks
  • Experience with Azure Bicep
  • Experience with Azure FinOps practices
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Fluent in English (CEFR C2)
  • Fluent in Dutch (CEFR C2)

Nice to Have

  • Experience in the Belgian energy sector
  • Experience with API management (± 3 years)
  • Experience with Sparx EA / enterprise architecture tooling
  • FinOps certification
  • Broad infrastructure architecture experience in complex environments

Candidate Profile

You are:

  • A strong cloud architecture thinker with hands-on Azure experience
  • Comfortable working across governance, design, and delivery teams
  • Analytical and detail-oriented with a strategic mindset
  • Able to challenge vendor solutions constructively
  • Cost-conscious with strong FinOps awareness
  • Strong communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable in large-scale transformation environments

Work Environment

  • Hybrid working model with telework flexibility
  • Primary location: Melle
  • Regular travel to Mechelen, Brussels, and Hasselt (approx. once per week)
  • Full-time engagement in a large enterprise transformation context