IT Architect

Project overview

Please note! This role is only available for seconded personnel/suppliers or for freelancers joining our payroll. We can tell you more about this by phone.

Requirements

Wishes

Competencies

• TOGAF/ArchiMate Practitioner or open CA is a plus
• Knowledge of TOGAF, NORA, and government architectures
• Strong substantive knowledge and advisory skills
• Experience as an IT (Lead) Architect (10 years)
• Experience with professionalizing architecture within a CIO organization (4 years)
• Experience with digital transformation and large-scale transitions (4 years)
• Experience with agile working and experience within government or comparable organizations
• Hands-on mentality, connecting, and organizationally sensitive

Project details

between 100-115 per hour

Assignment Description

The IT Architect supports the Enterprise Architect in the development of the CIO Office, particularly the further development of the Enterprise Architecture. The IT Architect acts as a substantive sparring partner and delivers concrete architecture products. The assignment focuses on:

The IT Architect performs the following activities.

Attachment 1 Assignment Description IT Architect

Supports the Enterprise Architect in setting up the architecture function within the CIO Office, including:

Provides expertise and capacity for the strategic advisory assignment* regarding the future setup of information provision and infrastructure. The focus is on advice and concrete architecture products. This includes, among other things:

Improves the connection between strategy and execution and strengthens collaboration between strategic and operational (solution) architecture:

Background of the assignment

The CIO Office of the National Archives is being further established and professionalized. In the coming period, strategic choices regarding Enterprise Architecture, information provision and security, and I-governance will be central. Additionally, there is a substantial advisory and change assignment for future-proof digital information provision and infrastructure. This requires extra capacity, specialized architecture knowledge, and specific experience in complex organizations in transition. Internal capacity is insufficient, and the available expertise for this is limited.

• Accelerating the (architecture) setup and professionalization of the CIO Office;
• Contributing to the development of a cohesive Enterprise Architecture;
• Strengthening the architecture function by transferring and securing knowledge about methodology, products, and decision-making processes.
• Improving the connection between enterprise, information, solution, and technology architecture, including roles and responsibilities (architecture governance).
• Participating in or advising on concrete architecture issues.
• Improving collaboration between architecture and IT.
• Support with Enterprise Architecture
• Designing the architecture function
• Developing architecture governance
• Establishing architecture principles
• Developing standards and frameworks
• Advising on decision-making within I-governance
• Positioning architecture within the National Archives
• Optimizing collaboration and coherence within architecture
• Support of the strategic advisory assignment*
• Performing architecture analyses
• Developing solution directions
• Developing scenarios
• Preparing impact analyses
• Contributing to roadmap development
• Writing advisory reports
• Supporting decision-making
• Participating in and leading workshops
• Digital and sustainable IS Architecture
• Strengthening collaboration between architecture functions (and governance)
• Stimulates collaboration within the architecture domains
• Contributes to clear task and responsibility allocation
• Develops joint processes
• Shares knowledge, skills, and insights within their domain
• Supports the professionalization of the architecture function
• Start: 2026-11-22T23:00:00
• Location: Den Haag Zuid-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch