Senior Solution Architect: Enterprise IT & AI Alignment

Helpline; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Everience in the Hague area seeks an experienced Senior Solution Architect to consolidate and assure architectures across business and IT projects. You translate requirements into scalable tech solutions, guide projects through architecture governance, and provide hands-on guidance to teams.

This individual contributor role may mentor others and engage with suppliers and stakeholders. You will work at the intersection of business, technology and IT delivery, shaping reference architectures and

Qualifications

• Senior technology professional with a strong combination of solution architecture, technical expertise and stakeholder management.
• Proven experience designing and assuring complex IT or application solutions.
• Experience working with architecture standards, principles and governance.
• Strong understanding of modern IT and technology landscapes.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience advising project teams and challenging proposed solutions where appropriate.
• Proactive approach to identifying opportunities for technology optimisation and innovation.
• Experience mentoring or guiding other technology professionals is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and define solution architectures for projects and business initiatives.
• Provide architecture consultancy, technical guidance and assurance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure applications and solutions comply with relevant architecture standards, principles and reference architectures.
• Translate architecture guidelines and standards into practical solutions.
• Identify and solve technical challenges and provide clear technology recommendations.
• Assess existing solutions and identify opportunities to optimise IT systems and applications.
• Support the identification, development and implementation of new technologies and innovative solutions.
• Ensure architecture decisions and key architecture artefacts are properly documented and reusable.
• Apply relevant technology and architecture standards and identify when exceptions or deviations are required.
• Work closely with project teams, developers, IT specialists, business stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Provide coaching, guidance and knowledge sharing to other technology professionals.
• Act as a subject matter expert when required in discussions with suppliers, customers and external parties.
• Stakeholder Management: understand business objectives and translate them into appropriate technology and architecture solutions.
• Present recommendations to senior stakeholders and challenge existing approaches when necessary.
• Influence without formal authority.

Skills

Solution Architecture

IT Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Mentoring

Presentation Skills

Tools

IBM System Architect

PowerDesigner

ProVision

Job description

Everience in the Hague area seeks an experienced Senior Solution Architect to consolidate and assure architectures across business and IT projects. You translate requirements into scalable tech solutions, guide projects through architecture governance, and provide hands-on guidance to teams.

This individual contributor role may mentor others and engage with suppliers and stakeholders. You will work at the intersection of business, technology and IT delivery, shaping reference architectures and