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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Enterprise architect - **Company:** Star - **Location:** Rotterdam, Netherlands - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Data Architecture, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, DevOps, High-Level Architecture, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Information Management, Microsoft Software, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Presentation Programs, Cloud Services, Microsoft Copilot, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Web Applications, Generative AI, Agentic-AI, Data Management, Api Management - **Published:** October 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://clk.platform.jobster.com/?at=1793010502&b=&c=6ac2c502-95fc-48b5-8170-2c47577b1ceb&co=9c795676-5f91-45f3-befa-0089dd3e4030&cu=9d19ad1d-25d0-4b84-a20f-8340b86a47b4&cw=7&dt=o&fc=a&gc=a&i=79735ff3-f632-431e-aa69-225a4676da84&ic=NL&mf=c&p=47b4ebce-5907-42d5-9b5e-b30908a42d08&pm=c&po=5f8e30d1-709e-45e1-83c8-a466772a8ebf&pr=1r&r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jobleads.com%2Fregistration%2Fjob%3FcampaignId%3D118%26jmId%3D2377%26jobId%3De38947d64a88a687673f224d26564c07e%26jobLocation%3D2350270268%26utm_campaign%3Djobs%26utm_content%3Djobmarket-id%253D2377%257Clandingpage-id%253Dn%252Fa%257Cjob-id%253D38947d64a88a687673f224d26564c07e%257Cjob-workarea%253D08-08%257Cjob-hierarchy%253D4%257Cjob-salary-benchmark%253D5%257Cjob-industry%253D%257Cjob-location%253Drotterdam%257Cjobtitle%253Denterprise-architect%26utm_medium%3Djob-external%26utm_source%3Djobster%257Cr-jb%257C__Liplyn%2BIG__%257Cc-nl&s=mp&t=cl&u=ip-10f25405f7cf361afcef31da18655f12&v=1c6dfaea-84ad-473c-93e6-be46d3b52bb8&sig=81d1120cec73b1eb46d7494dc06b596185bc13a0258cb62057d2591c ## About the Role * Proven experience as a Solution Architect in complex, multi-project environments. * Strong experience with distributed and web-based application architectures. * Experience with data and integration architectures, including APIs, event-driven integration and 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, with a focus on architecture and design rather than development. * Experience designing AI-enabled solutions, including Generative AI (GenAI), AI agents and model integration, taking security and compliance considerations into account. * Experience with Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Foundry is a strong plus. * Experience with industrial or asset-centric platforms, such as AVEVA, IFS and Cognite, is a plus. * Familiarity with Agile and DevOps delivery models. * Focus on solution architecture design, standards and governance for projects with an emphasis on AI capabilities; this is not a hands-on software development role. * Strong analytical, structuring and architectural design capabilities. * Ability to work on multiple initiatives in parallel and manage architectural priorities. * Strong orientation toward reuse, standardization and simplification. * Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills. * Comfortable operating in global, complex and safety-critical environments. * English proficiency is mandatory, both written and spoken. * Local candidates are preferred. ## Description * Design and govern end-to-end solution architectures for IT and Digital initiatives, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and compliant with IT standards, architectural principles and reference architectures. * Operate at the intersection of business requirements, project delivery and Enterprise Architecture governance, with a focus on execution quality, architectural consistency and reuse. * Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures aligned with company 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. * Reuse and adapt existing reference architectures, architectural patterns and building blocks to ensure consistency and accelerate delivery. * Produce and maintain solution architecture documentation, including High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs), throughout the initiative lifecycle. * Ensure compliance with the company's Digital initiative execution process and architecture governance framework. * Collaborate 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 project delivery. * Document architectural decisions, risks and deviations to ensure traceability and alignment with Enterprise Architecture governance. * Design solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure technologies, including IaaS, PaaS, integration, security and data platform services. * Assess platforms, services and solution components against IT guidelines and reference architectures. * Provide clear architectural recommendations, including trade-off analyses and design rationale. * Contribute to RFI/RFP processes by defining and reviewing technical and security architecture requirements. * Ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture, integration standards, master data principles and information management requirements. * Experience with industrial and enterprise platforms such as AVEVA, IFS and Cognite is a strong asset. * Maintain solution architecture documentation and artifacts within Enterprise Architecture tools; experience with Bizzdesign HOPEX is a strong plus. * Ensure solution designs are properly linked to business capabilities, applications, data and technology layers. * Promote reuse, standardization and simplification through architectural patterns, standards and reference architectures. * Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, IT delivery teams and architecture peers. * Facilitate alignment across application, data, integration, infrastructure and security architecture domains. * Act as a trusted architectural advisor throughout solution design and delivery, particularly in complex, multi-vendor environments. * Deliver SaaS vendor IT questionnaire assessments, including scoring matrices, where required. * Prepare presentations for the Enterprise Architecture Review Board (EARB). * Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs), Technical Architecture Documents (TADs) and integration architecture designs. * Prepare technology qualification assessments and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). * Provide architecture-related input for RFI/RFP processes. * Maintain and document architecture landscapes (cartography) in Bizzdesign HOPEX.