Enterprise Architect

HR ProjectPartners BV; Randstad; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HR ProjectPartners BV is seeking an IT Solutions Architect to design and govern end-to-end architectures for IT and Digital initiatives. You will ensure architectural soundness, security, and alignment with IT standards while enabling reuse across multiple programs.

The role sits in the Enterprise Architecture team and collaborates with Digital Solution Leads, IT Project Managers, and delivery teams. Strong experience in cloud-native architectures, APIs, and data platforms is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred but not mandatory.
• Certifications such as ITIL, TOGAF, CISSP, Azure Architect are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures aligned with standards and reference architectures.
• Translate requirements into robust, scalable designs across apps, data, integration, infra and security.
• Evaluate SaaS solutions, cloud services, and platforms against architecture, security and compliance needs.
• Produce architecture documentation including High-Level/Low-Level designs throughout the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Digital Solution Leads, IT Project Managers, and delivery teams across initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT/SE

Master's preferred in business/IT

Tools

Bizzdesign HOPEX

Azure

Job description

The IT Solutions Architect service is responsible for designing and governing end-to-end solution architectures for IT and Digital initiatives . The service ensures that solutions are architecturally sound, secure, supportable, and compliant with IT standards, principles, and reference architectures.

Operating within the Enterprise Architecture team, the service sits at the intersection of business requirements, project delivery, and enterprise architecture governance, with a strong focus on execution quality, architectural coherence, and reuse across initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures aligned with standards, principles, and reference architectures
• Translate business and functional requirements into robust, scalable, secure, and supportable solution designs across application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security domains
• Evaluate SaaS solutions, cloud services, and technology platforms against architecture, security, integration, data, and compliance requirements
• Support technology qualification, proof-of-concept activities, and vendor architecture assessments
• Review vendor solution designs and challenge non-standard approaches where required
• Actively reuse and adapt existing reference architectures, patterns, and building blocks to ensure consistency and accelerate delivery
• Produce and maintain solution architecture documentation, including High-Level and Low-Level Designs, throughout the initiative lifecycle
• Ensure compliance with the Company Digital initiative execution process and architecture governance framework
• Work closely with Digital Solution Leads, IT Project Managers, and delivery teams across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Participate in, and where relevant lead architecture and technical design workshops during delivery phases
• Ensure architectural decisions, risks, and deviations are documented, traceable, and aligned with EA governance and data platform services)
• Assess platforms, services, and solution components against guidelines and reference architectures
• Provide clear architectural recommendations, including trade-off analysis and design rationale
• Contribute to RFI/RFP activities by defining and reviewing technical and security
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise data architecture, integration standards, master data principles, and information management requirements
• Exposure to industrial and enterprise platforms (AVEVA, IFS, Cognite) is considered a strong asset
• Maintain solution architecture artifacts within the Enterprise Architecture toolset (experience with Bizzdesign HOPEX is a strong plus)
• Promote reuse, standardization, and simplification through architectural patterns, standards, and reference architectures

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, IT delivery teams, and architecture
• Facilitate alignment across application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security
• Act as a trusted architectural advisor during solution design and delivery, particularly in
• The service may produce, as required:
• SaaS Vendors IT Questionnaire Assessments with scoring matrix
• Technical Architecture Document (TAD)
• Cartography in Bizzdesign Hopex solution

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, or a related field is required. Master’s Degree: A master’s degree in business administration, computer science, or a related field is preferred but not mandatory.
• Certifications such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, SAFE (Scale Agile Framework), TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Azure Certified Solutions Architect or Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA) are highly desirable.
• Skills: Proficiency in enterprise architecture tools and frameworks, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication.

Experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect in complex, multi-project environments
• Strong experience with distributed and web-based application architectures, as well as data and integration architectures (APIs, event-driven, message-based integration)
• Solid understanding of modern platforms and architectural patterns, including cloud-native architectures, API management, containers, and platform services
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Azure architecture (architecture and design focus, security, and compliance considerations.)
• Experience with Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Foundry is a strong plus.
• Experience with industrial or asset-centric platforms (AVEVA, IFS, Cognite) is a plus
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps delivery models