We are seeking a System Architect for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. You will play a key role in the architecture of a new platform team within the Agile Release Train Local IT. You will guide technical decisions within an organization that is undergoing significant technological and organizational change.
Below are the details — if you have a suitable candidate available or someone in your network who fits the bill, please let us know.
Activities
- As a System Architect, you are responsible for developing, monitoring, and communicating the technical architecture of the platform, ensuring that technological choices align with organizational objectives, product vision, and the future management organization.
- Designing, securing, and further developing the technical architecture of the platform
- Establishing architectural frameworks and actively guiding technical decision-making
- Connecting business, product, and IT delivery as a link between the disciplines
- Guiding teams to develop effectively within clear architectural frameworks
- Overseeing technical dependencies and preparing impact analyses
- Ensuring coherence between systems, integrations, and platform components
- Ensuring a future-proof, scalable, and manageable architecture
- Collaborating with Product Owners, development teams, Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, business stakeholders, and other architecture disciplines
Context and objective
- Working within the Information Provision, Communication and Information Systems (IV&CIS) department.
- Contribute to the digital infrastructure that enables border control, object security, and the maintenance of public order
- Part of a second platform team for highly classified (HGI) and low-classified (LGI) platforms within the Local IT Agile Release Train
- Building a new platform organization that is being prepared for transfer to a structural management and operational organization
- Working according to the SAFe methodology in a team of approximately 20 FTEs that will more than double over the next two years.
To demand
- 3 years of experience as a System Architect or similar role
Wishes
- Experience within Government agencies.
- Experience working within a SAFe or Agile environment
- You have extensive experience in drafting architecture visions and roadmaps.
- Experience with modern cloud platform technologies
- Experience with architectural challenges within organizations undergoing a digital transformation or reorganization
