1. Presentation of ETNIC

ETNIC (Entreprise pour les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication) is the IT operator of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. As a public interest organization, ETNIC’s mission is to design, develop, maintain, and evolve information systems and technological infrastructures serving the administrations and institutions of the FWB.

As a central player in the digital transformation of the French-speaking Belgian public sector, ETNIC operates in various fields such as:

• Management of IT infrastructures (networks, security, data centers, cloud),
• Development of custom business applications,
• Support of digital projects (functional analysis, UX/UI, project management),
• Cybersecurity and data protection,
• User support and training.

With a constant focus on innovation, performance, and public service, ETNIC regularly collaborates with external partners to strengthen its teams through IT consultancy missions. These collaborations take place within an ethical, professional framework focused on quality and the concrete impact of the delivered solutions.

2. Mission

We are looking for an experienced Technical Application Leader to support the managers of Application Competence Centers in structuring IT transformation projects.

The mission aims to:

• Define a technological roadmap, the associated standards, and a convergence plan to align application solutions with strategic challenges.
• Define and support the implementation of a new sourcing strategy (internalization, partnerships, offshore).
• Define and deploy a Hybrid Cloud strategy, ensuring coherence, security, and cost optimization.

Objectives

• Establish a multi-year technological vision aligned with the business objectives and the digital transformation of the organization.
• Define the technical, architectural, and governance standards to harmonize the application landscape.
• Design a convergence plan enabling the progressive migration of legacy applications to target technologies.

Key Activities

Audit and mapping of the existing landscape:

• Analyze the current application portfolio (technologies, architecture, technical debt).
• Identify redundancies, obsolescence, and friction points.
• Assess the technical maturity of the Competence Centers.

Definition of the target vision:

• Develop a technological roadmap over 3-5 years (phases, milestones, quick-wins).
• Define structuring technology choices: frameworks, languages, Cloud platforms, DevOps tools.
• Identify necessary investments (licenses, training, recruitment).

Standardization and governance:

• Establish a repository of technical standards: application architecture (microservices, API-first), integration patterns, security standards.
• Define governance principles: architecture committees, technical decision validation processes, KPIs for monitoring.
• Create guidelines and playbooks for development teams.

Convergence plan:

• Prioritize applications to be modernized (ROI analysis, criticality, complexity).
• Define migration strategies: Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Replace, Retire (the 5 R).
• Establish a convergence schedule with trajectories per application domain.
• Anticipate dependencies and risks related to migrations.