Enterprise Architect / Solution Architect

Bennet & Boss B.V.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bennetboss is seeking an Profile Enterprise Architect / Solution Architect to design and govern end-to-end architectures for IT and digital initiatives. You will work within the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure architectural coherence, reuse, and secure solutions across applications, data, and infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 2–3 years of experience in complex environments, strong Azure and cloud-native skills, and familiarity with agile delivery.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience as a Solution Architect in complex environments.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, API management and container platforms.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps delivery models and platforms like Copilot/Foundry.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern end-to-end solution architectures across applications, data, integration, infrastructure and security.
• Design solutions for asset-heavy industries, focusing on digital solutions and engineering platforms.
• Develop and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Integration Architecture Designs throughout the lifecycle.
• Evaluate vendor solutions and support PoC activities and RFI/RFP processes with clear architectural rationale.
• Collaborate with Digital Solution Leads and delivery teams and document decisions, risks and deviations.

Skills

Azure cloud

API management

Data integration

GenAI concepts

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Foundry

Azure Machine Learning

Job description

Profile Enterprise Architect / Solution Architect

As a Solutions Architect, you are responsible for designing and governing end-to-end solution architectures for IT and Digital initiatives. Operating within the Enterprise Architecture team, you work 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.

If you have experience in Oil & Gas, offshore energy, heavy engineering or other asset-heavy industries, and understand the digital solutions and engineering systems used in these environments, this could be the role for you!

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Design and maintain end-to-end solution architectures, standards and reference architectures, translating business requirements into secure, scalable and supportable solutions across applications, data, integration, infrastructure and security.
• Design solutions for asset-heavy industries, considering the digital solutions, industrial platforms and engineering applications used in complex operational environments.
• Develop and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Technical Architecture Documents (TADs) and Integration Architecture Designs throughout the initiative lifecycle.
• Design and assess solutions using Microsoft Azure services, SaaS platforms and other technologies, ensuring compliance with security, data, integration and architecture standards.
• Evaluate vendor solutions, support proof-of-concept activities and RFI/RFP processes, and provide clear architectural recommendations, including risks, trade-offs and design rationale.
• Work with Digital Solution Leads, IT Project Managers and delivery teams across multiple initiatives, leading design workshops where required and documenting architectural decisions, risks and deviations in line with enterprise architecture governance.

Requirements Enterprise Architect / Solution Architect

• 2–3 years of experience as a Solution Architect in complex environments, with knowledge of distributed and web-based application architectures, data architecture and integration patterns, including APIs, event-driven and message-based integration.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, API management, containers and platform services, with a focus on Microsoft Azure architecture and design rather than development.
• Experience designing AI-enabled solutions, including GenAI, AI agents, model integration, security and compliance, with exposure to Azure Machine Learning.
• Experience assessing SaaS solutions, cloud services and vendor architectures against security, data, integration and compliance requirements, including proof-of-concept activities and RFI/RFP processes.
• Ability to work with Digital Solution Leads, IT Project Managers and delivery teams, contribute to design workshops, and document architectural decisions, risks and trade-offs in line with enterprise architecture governance.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps delivery models. Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Foundry or industrial and asset-centric platforms.
• Highly preferred is experience in oil & gas, Engineering, Civil or Industrial industry with digital solutions or asset centric platforms.