Solution Architect – Cloud & Integration

Our client, a prominent organization in the utility and digital transformation sector, is seeking a professional to analyze, design, and document IT solutions across the full initiative lifecycle. This role involves translating complex organizational needs into future-proof, secure, and scalable architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and strategic roadmaps.

Responsibilities: Analyze and design IT solutions while mapping current environments and identifying architectural constraints. Translate business requirements into technical designs that ensure consistency between functional needs and technical execution. Manage and document the architecture within SAP LeanIX to oversee the lifecycle of applications and integrations. Support delivery teams during the analysis, development, implementation, and migration phases of the project.

Conduct trade-off analyses and validate conceptual architectures through the execution of proof of concepts. Report architectural risks and technical debt to relevant governance bodies to maintain high architectural standards.

Requirements: You have 5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect designing complex IT solutions. You bring 5+ years of experience translating business and functional requirements into comprehensive technical designs. You possess 4+ years of expertise in integration architecture including Kafka, Azure Service Bus, or SAP CPI. You've spent at least 2+ years guiding delivery or product teams during technical implementation phases. You have proven experience with cloud-based and hybrid architectures.

You possess in-depth knowledge of modeling techniques and frameworks such as ArchiMate, TOGAF, UML, or Sparx EA. You have strong analytical skills and the ability to clearly communicate architectural choices to stakeholders. You are a native speaker of Dutch.

Nice to Haves: Experience with API management and event-driven architecture. Knowledge of container platforms like Kubernetes. Experience with legacy modernization, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Possession of relevant Azure architecture certifications.

Offer: Start date: 08/12/2026.

Duration: 12 months.

Work regime: Full-time.

Location: Melle.

Working model: Hybrid.

Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers.