Solution Architect Applications

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. Rate cap: €108. Assignment description For the assignment, we are looking for a solution architect for applications. You will lead the way and focus on the technical solutions and integration of applications for the judiciary. How do we approach certain issues, for example with container platforms, microservices, or object-based storage? How do we handle system integrations with the judiciary? And what quality and security requirements do we set, by design?

With the transition to the cloud and a zero trust architecture, the bar is set high. You will advise DevOps teams on the architecture of digital services for the courts, such as registers and the corporate website rechtspraak.nl. You will outline the design in broad strokes using a solution architecture design and answer questions regarding the detailed implementation. This allows them to work agilely on a just-in-time architecture. You will translate architecture statements into concrete elaborations for the DevOps teams.

Background of the assignment The Council of the Judiciary is the overarching organization under which all institutions involved in dispensing justice in the Netherlands fall. These institutions consist of 11 courts, 4 appellate courts, 2 colleges, and the Council of the Judiciary itself. IVO Rechtspraak is involved in the execution of a digitization strategy, with the aim of digitizing the Judiciary more quickly and efficiently in all its tasks and processes. IVO Rechtspraak provides the IT and information provision for all institutions under the Council.

The architecture staff unit is responsible for developing and safeguarding the architecture and plays an important role in the digitization of the Judiciary. Requirements HBO/WO work and thinking level You have knowledge and experience with Architecture frameworks (TOGAF) and modeling (Archimate, UML, BPMN, Enterprise Architect). You have demonstrable experience in creating various architectural documents such as a Theme Architecture, SAD (Solution Architecture Document), High and Low Level Designs in the field of application architecture and data security.

Knowledge and experience in creating microservice RESTful API and micro front-end based solution architecture for environments based on Microsoft development stack (.NET Core) front-end Angular CI/CD platform and API gateway (3 years) Knowledge and experience in creating solution architecture for and with DevOps teams, translating business (including security and privacy) requirements and standards into frameworks and designs for software development (3 years) Wishes Knowledge and experience as a solution architect with application development based on a container, API, and cloud-native based architecture.

Recent Knowledge and experience as an IT / Solution Architect in an agile environment. Knowledge of Archimate and preferably modeling experience in (Sparx) Enterprise Architect. You closely follow developments in technology and DevOps and are active in coaching and knowledge sharing. Competencies You have organizational sensitivity, persuasiveness, and perseverance. You can positively influence others and are not sensitive to resistance. You do not shy away from difficult political and emotionally charged discussions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills at various levels within the organization.

You have a pleasant personality and are a skilled conversationalist who can effectively deal with resistance and diverging interests. Excellent command of both Dutch and English as working languages. You have a proactive work attitude. Additional Information Subcontracting is not allowed. Delivery by Yellow Friday to the Ministry of Justice and Security is via Sogeti. This is not a chain of supply/subcontracting, as Yellow Friday executed the tender together with Sogeti and is a formal subcontractor.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-15T23:00:00
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch