Architect Solution (senior) - Fluvius

Adjugo; Vogelhoek; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluvius seeks a Senior Solution Architect for its Transform & Digital department in Melle. The architect translates organisational needs into future-oriented, secure, scalable IT solutions and maintains architecture in SAP LeanIX.

Responsibilities include end-to-end architecture ownership, design and documentation, and guiding delivery teams through analysis, development, migration and go-live. Dutch CEFR C2 proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• Proven translation of business and functional requirements into technical designs.
• Delivery product team guidance and architecture modelling techniques experience.
• Dutch at CEFR C2 level (mandatory).
• Proven integration architecture experience and cloud/hybrid architectures.
• Strong communication, analytical and justification skills for architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Analyse lifecycle IT solutions and design lifecycle IT solutions.
• Identify architectural constraints and translate needs into technical designs.
• Propose solution alternatives with trade-offs, costs and dependencies.
• Guide delivery teams during analysis, development, migration and go-live.

Skills

Requirements translation

Team guidance

Modelling techniques

Dutch language

Communication skills

Senior architect experience

Integration architecture

Modelling tools

Cloud/hybrid architectures

Disaster recovery

Kubernetes

Integration platforms

Tools

SAP LeanIX

Archimate

ToGAF

UML

Sparx EA

Kubernetes

ASB

Kafka

SAP CPI (PO/PI)

Job description

Dates: 2026-12-08 — 2027-12-08

Arrangements: Fulltime, 100%. Teleworking is possible for external resources, is not an enforceable right, and its frequency is agreed with the Fluvius team manager. Flexibility is required for occasional travel to other Fluvius sites and temporary increased on-site presence for specific activities.

Fluvius seeks a Senior Solution Architect for its Transform & Digital department in Melle. The architect analyses, designs, documents and guides IT solutions throughout the lifecycle of a portfolio initiative. The work translates organisational needs into future-oriented, secure, scalable and manageable solutions. Architecture is maintained in SAP LeanIX throughout the lifecycle of applications and integrations.

The architect maps the current situation and identifies architectural constraints. They maintain alignment between business needs, functional requirements and technical solutions. Solution alternatives must make advantages, disadvantages, risks, costs and dependencies transparent. Designs must follow enterprise architecture, security guidelines, technology standards and the strategic roadmap.

The architect supports delivery teams during analysis, development, implementation, migration and go-live. Deliverables include architecture diagrams, documented decisions, trade-off analyses and proof-of-concept validation. Composable architecture helps maintain delivery team autonomy. The fulltime assignment runs from 8 December 2026 to 8 December 2027, with 220 indicative days and a possible 12-month extension.

End-to-end architecture ownership

Responsibilities

• Analyse lifecycle IT solutions.
• Design lifecycle IT solutions.
• Identify architectural solution constraints.
• Translate organisational solution needs.

Must Have

• Business requirements technical translation
• Delivery product team guidance
• Architecture modelling techniques experience
• Cloud hybrid template evidence
• Communication analysis architecture justification
• Dutch CEFR C2 proficiency

Nice to Have

• API management practical experience
• ArchiMate practical modelling experience
• Continuity disaster recovery experience
• Container platform practical experience
• Comparative proof concept guidance
• Legacy modernisation practical experience
• Microservices architecture practical experience

  Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

  Additional Responsibilities

  • Monitor application integration lifecycles.
  • Align business needs, functional requirements and technical solutions.
  • Propose solution alternatives, detailing advantages, disadvantages, risks, costs and dependencies.
  • Align solutions with enterprise architecture, security guidelines, technology standards and the strategic roadmap.
  • Support delivery teams during analysis, development, implementation, migration and go-live.
  • Document architectural decisions and ensure traceability between requirements, design choices and implemented solutions.
  • Report architectural risks, deviations and technical debt to relevant governance bodies.
  • Validate concepts through proofs of concept.
  • Guide solution implementation activities.
  • Consider composable architecture to preserve delivery team autonomy.
  • Proven Solution Architect experience: at least 5 years, senior level.
  • Proven guidance of delivery/product teams during implementation: at least 2 years, medior level.
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills, analytical ability and the ability to clearly justify architecture choices during the interview.
  • Dutch at European CEFR level C2.
  • Complete the attached template describing cloud or hybrid architecture experience: Extra informatie Solution Architect.docx.
  • Dutch at European CEFR level C2 (also listed as Should have; mandatory classification takes precedence).

  Technical skills

  • Proven translation of business and functional requirements into technical designs: at least 5 years, senior level.
  • Proven integration architecture experience: at least 4 years, senior level.
  • Proven knowledge and experience of modelling techniques (Archimate, Togaf, UML, Sparx EA).
  • The completed template must demonstrate sufficient experience with cloud or hybrid architectures.
  • Proven business continuity and disaster recovery experience.
  • Proven container platform experience, for example Kubernetes.
  • Proven experience guiding proofs of concept to compare different conceptual architectures.
  • Proven experience with different integration architectures (ASB, Kafka, SAP CPI (PO/PI), etc.).

  Tools

  • SAP LeanIX: maintain architecture and monitor the complete lifecycle of applications and integrations.
  • Modelling references: Archimate, Togaf, UML and Sparx EA.
  • Preferred technologies: Kubernetes, ASB, Kafka and SAP CPI (PO/PI).

  Certifications

  • Relevant additional Azure architecture certifications; attach these to the application.