Application Architect

Project overview

Client

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) works towards a socially and economically strong Netherlands in Europe, with work and financial security for everyone. We tackle challenging issues, for example concerning social policy, the future of the welfare state, and the affordability of the AOW (state pension). But also regarding the aging population and workplace safety.

Execution and support for SZW are largely assigned to the Directorate for Service Provision, Partnerships, and Execution (DSU). The DSU directorate is the client. DSU is a service-oriented directorate, with the core quality of stably and high-quality executing assignments and services for clients. DSU aims to grow into a professional, innovative, and efficient service provider in the coming years.

An organization with a proven service delivery model, common service principles, coherence, and well-functioning governance, including an efficient and future-proof, high-quality ICT infrastructure and solid-functioning applications.

The Information Provision (IV) department of the Directorate for Service Provision, Partnerships, and Execution is part of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. We support the acquisition, implementation, and management of information systems for the execution of national and European regulations for Policy Execution (UVB). Additionally, we support the Learning and Development Square (LO-Plein) for the management of a learning management system that facilitates training activities for the ministries SZW, VWS, and OCW.

Assignment Description

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment contributes, among other things through subsidy schemes, to fair, healthy, and safe work in the Netherlands. Within the IV department, we unlock these complex regulations in a growing information landscape.

Venus is the subsidy platform of the DSU directorate, consisting of the customer portal, case management system, relationship management, and document management (based on Blueriq, Odoo, Drupal, and Alfresco), including various integrations. Venus is developed for the execution of the Framework for the Execution of Subsidies (RUS 2020).

The Policy Execution (UVB) department of the DSU directorate is the intended executor of various new assignments and regulations that must be integrated into Venus, such as the Act implementing the Pay Transparency Directive, the European asbestos directive (asbestos removal permits), unemployment benefits for citizens on the BES islands, and new subsidy schemes. Furthermore, the old case management system Diane will be migrated to Venus.

In 2026, the architectural analysis of the impact of these new assignments on Venus began. This analysis will be continued and expanded in the coming period to include assignments and regulations that have not yet been fully analyzed, and to the migration of Diane to Venus.

For each subject, the analysis will be translated into an architectural recommendation, which includes:

You will collaborate with an information analyst, a business analyst, and potentially other ICT expertise.

The commitment is an average of 20 hours per week and focuses on architectural analysis, framework setting, and advice. The activities align with the analyses already performed and the ongoing business analysis for the Act implementing the Pay Transparency Directive. Duplication of work with these projects will be avoided by a clear delineation of tasks at the start of the assignment.

Knowledge, Experience, Competencies, and Skills

In a dynamic policy environment with many ongoing issues, you maintain calm and overview. You can quickly grasp the primary business processes, see connections, and dare to make decisions based on advice and your own insight. Moreover, you have excellent antennae for what is happening among people around you, for what is happening at the administrative, political, and societal level, and how it can affect your environment. You possess the following knowledge and experience:

In addition, you possess the following competencies:

• How these assignments, regulations, and the migration fit within the broader strategic objectives of UVB and the Venus application.
• An elaboration of implementation choices that fit within those broad strategic objectives.
• Mapping the impact on non-functional requirements, security, and infrastructure.
• Mapping the effects on costs (realization, management, and infrastructure).
• An architectural analysis of the impact of migrating the old case management system Diane to Venus, including the consequences for the data model, integrations, non-functional requirements, and management.
• University (WO) work and thinking level, supplemented by an academic or HBO diploma.
• Minimum 8 years of current experience as an application architect.
• Knowledge of and experience with the subsidy platform Venus is a pré.
• Knowledge of and experience with the software components Blueriq, Odoo, Drupal, and Alfresco.
• Knowledge of and experience with the Framework for the Execution of Subsidies (RUS 2020).
• Strong communication skills at the operational, tactical, and strategic/administrative levels.
• Good environmental awareness.
• Good Dutch speaking and writing skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to set supported priorities.

Requirements

1 Candidate demonstrably possesses WO work and thinking level. Verifiable in CV and motivation (evident from completed education and/or at least 5 years of work experience at WO level).

2 Candidate possesses knowledge of case management systems and/or customer portals and/or document and relationship management systems. Verifiable in CV and/or motivation.

3 Candidate has at least 8 years of work experience in application architecture. Verifiable in CV and/or motivation.

Wishes

1 The extent to which the candidate has experience as an application architect with platforms based on Blueriq, Odoo, Drupal, and/or Alfresco for the execution of subsidy or permit schemes, including data migration from an existing case management system, preferably within the Central Government.

2 The extent to which the candidate has knowledge and experience of the software components Blueriq, Odoo, Drupal, and Alfresco.

3 The extent to which the candidate has knowledge and experience with the Framework for the Execution of Subsidies (RUS 2020).

4 The extent to which the candidate possesses the required competencies and skills (verifiable in CV, motivation, and/or possibly interview).

5 The extent of experience and/or affinity with the client's organization.

Project details

• Start: 2026-12-31T23:00:00
• Location: Den Haag Zuid-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch