Contracts IT - Enterprise Architect Microsoft Copilot & Azure AI Platform

• Enterprise architecture:
• Define the AI and Copilot architecture within the enterprise landscape
• Own architectural principles, standards, and governance
• Draw up target architectures and multi-year roadmaps
• Translate business use cases into scalable platform solutions
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, and Business teams
• Microsoft copilot & copilot studio:
• Strategic ownership of Copilot Studio within the organisation
• Define the target operating model for Copilot Studio
• Provide architectural guidance on new AI use cases
• Govern agents, orchestration, plugins, and connectors
• Define best practice for agent lifecycle management, multi-agent architecture, fast governance, knowledge base, and human-in-the-loop processes
• Azure AI platform:
• Develop reference architectures for Azure Openai, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, API Management, Azure Kubernetes Services, Fabric integrations, and Data Platform integrations
• Define scalable AI platform patterns for the organisation
• Security & compliance:
• Translate financial regulations into AI governance
• Collaborate with security and risk teams
• Define the RBAC model, managed identities, Key Vault strategy, data protection model, and Responsible AI principles
• Stakeholder management:
• Act as sparring partner for Enterprise Architects, Microsoft Product Teams, Security teams, and Product Owners
• Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders
• Advise management and steering committees

2 years experience Master (5+ years) English and Dutch, * Proven Enterprise Architecture experience, including target architectures, multi-year roadmaps, and governance frameworks

• Hands-on strategic ownership of Microsoft Copilot/Copilot Studio, including agent lifecycle, multi-agent architecture, and governance
• Demonstrated ability to design reference architectures across the Azure AI stack: Azure Openai, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, API Management, AKS
• Experience translating regulatory requirements into AI governance (RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, data protection, Responsible AI) - ideally within financial services or another highly regulated sector
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, with the credibility to advise at management/steering-committee level
• Ability to challenge Microsoft directly on product and roadmap decisions, and defend architectural choices at C-level
• Professional fluency in English and Dutch
• Available to work 2 days/week on-site in Belgium from 1 October 2026 (or earlier)

Nice-TO-have/differentiators

Not mandatory, but would strengthen a submission:

• French language skills, in addition to English/Dutch
• Recognised thought-leader status around Microsoft AI (speaking, publishing, community involvement)
• Prior direct involvement in a large-scale Copilot Studio programme run in partnership with Microsoft
• Experience with Fabric integrations and broader Data Platform integration patterns
• Background specifically within banking or another Belgian/EU regulated financial institution
• Experience mentoring or upskilling internal enterprise architecture teams on Generative AI

Our client, a major financial services institution in Belgium, is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to support the further development of their AI platform landscape. The architect will own the strategic positioning, architectural governance, and roadmap of Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI services within the organisation. The role demands both deep technical expertise and a clear point of view on the evolution of Generative AI within a highly regulated financial environment., Contracts IT specializes in the provision of contract & permanent IT professionals throughout Europe and the World. One of the key recruiting challenges in today’s market is the time, expense and resources to locate, screen and evaluate qualified IT candidates.