Enterprise Architect

Gazelle Global; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company is looking for an Enterprise Architect in Amstelveen, Netherlands. This role involves developing architecture standards, supporting platform teams, and ensuring compliance with architectural principles. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator with knowledge of public and private cloud solutions like Azure, experience with security concepts, and possesses strong documentation skills. This is a key role to enhance the organization's architectural strategy and governance.

Qualifications

• Must have strong communication and decision-making abilities.
• Proficient in conceptual thinking with practical knowledge.
• Experience with security concepts related to networks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts and standards.
• Support platform teams in designing compliant services.
• Review solution designs to ensure architectural compliance.
• Collaborate with domain architects and engineering leads.

Skills

Comfortable communicator

Conceptual thinking

Knowledge of Azure or VMware

Knowledge of Cisco security concepts

Experience with Cisco ACI

Documentation skills

Drive to improve environments

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Togaf

Archimate

Job description

Overview

As a preferred supplier to one of our biggest Financial Client, I am seeking for a Enterprise Architect for a position in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Strategy & Standards: Develop, maintain, technical architecture artifacts like standards, guidelines related to platforms, infrastructure, and foundational technology services. Translate strategic objectives into clear, practical architecture principles, patterns, and guidelines. Drive alignment between platform strategy, enterprise architecture, and technology roadmaps. Monitor technology trends and evaluate their relevance to the bank’s hybrid platforms environment.
• Platform Strategy & Road mapping: Support platform teams in designing services and capabilities that meet business and regulatory requirements. Ensure platform designs are aligned with enterprise principles, security standards, and regulatory expectations.
• Architecture Governance & Control: Review solution designs to ensure compliance with architecture standards and platform strategy. Identify and manage architecture deviations, assess risks, and recommend mitigation or remediation paths. Contribute to the design authority processes and architecture forums.
• Collaboration & Thought Partnership: Serve as a trusted sparring partner to the Lead Domain Architect, supporting strategic planning and decision-making. Collaborate with peer domain architects, platform owners, security teams, and engineering leads to drive architectural coherence. Facilitate knowledge sharing and foster a culture of architectural excellence

The results

• Approved technical standards, provide support to dev/ops teams related to implementations.
• Advice on how to solve deviations.

Must-Have Expertise

• You are a comfortable communicator, know how to drive decision making and how to find a balance between abstract architectural discussions and concrete direction setting.
• You can think conceptual and have a good practical knowledge regarding standards, have practical knowledge of Public and Private cloud like Azure or VMware and Mainframe
• You have knowledge of security concepts related to network based on Cisco, Cisco ACI and Azure Technologies.
• You have experience with design and interoperability of overlays like Cisco ACI, VMware NSX-T, Calico (e.g., routing, firewalls, load balancers).
• You have good documentation skills using MS Office, PowerPoint, Togaf and Archimate (network diagrams, test plans/results, configuration guides, design documentation).
• You have a drive to improve our environments, know the DevOps & Agile way of working. You have experience with scripting languages and automation tools is a plus.