IT Designer

Project overview

Assignment Description

The activities will be carried out within the Security department. The department guarantees the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data for Defense and its chain partners, enabling them to work with their data anytime and anywhere. The Security department thus makes a significant contribution to the response speed and effectiveness of Defense and its chain partners.

You will work within a professional team of security specialists. In this role, you will design various security solutions. With your knowledge of our infrastructure and IT resources, you will design, automate, and improve the management of our environments. You will apply requirement management and integrate standard products and building blocks into the architectural solution.

Activities:

Background of the assignment

"The Generic IT and Infrastructure department (GIT&Infra) is responsible for providing advice, services, systems, and applications for generic information technology, particularly for the Infrastructure and generic IT business capability. The department is responsible for the realization and maintenance of the defense-wide IT infrastructure. The primary objective of the GIT&Infra department is to ensure Business IT Alignment in the generic IT domain and to execute the lifecycle of all IT infrastructure for generic IV/ICT products.

This applies to both standard and custom IV/ICT products and to customers according to the agreed criteria of time, cost, and quality. The GIT&Infra department thus provides a coherent generic IT and ensures a generic information management system that aligns with the business operations of Defense, enabling the user to optimally utilize the various IV facilities."

• translating functional requirements into a functional (sub)design;
• translating the functional (sub)design into a technical design;
• participating in (sub)projects;
• performing risk analyses on components and/or products;
• guiding the adjustments to existing products, or designing new products, for handover to management;
• ensuring documentation complies with acceptance criteria for handover to management for both existing and new products so that handover can proceed correctly;

Responsibilities

• Research and interpret business requirements
• Determine solution orientation
• Align the solution with the technical architecture
• Identify potential technical design risks
• Oversee built-in quality
• Work within the budgetary framework to validate the financial impact of design decisions
• Identify opportunities for innovation
• Route planning for technology plans

Requirements

Solution Designer

Reference Area: C.02 Supporting Changes

This assignment is based on the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF). This is a European standard for describing IT competencies and the associated level of responsibility. The eCF profile indicates which competencies and at what level (e-1 to e-5) are expected from the candidate. We expect candidates to clearly demonstrate in their CV that they possess these competencies. This can be done by describing for each relevant assignment or position:

CVs in which the required eCF competencies are not demonstrably present cannot be fully assessed for suitability.

Candidate has at least 2 years of demonstrable work experience with the chosen eCF profile similar role.

Generic description of competence area and levels

Implements and guides the evolution of an ICT solution. Ensures efficient control and planning of software or hardware modifications to prevent multiple upgrades from yielding unpredictable results. Minimizes service interruption due to changes and adheres to the defined Service Level Agreement (SLA). Ensures consideration and compliance with information security procedures.

Summary of task and mission

Provides the translation of business requirements into end-to-end IT solutions. Establishes and designs solutions in line with the technical architecture that meet business requirements and support change.

Wishes:

Candidate has at least a completed HBO/Bachelor's degree, or a comparable combination of education and experience, verifiable in an assessment if necessary.

Candidate has demonstrable experience within a government or semi-government organization is a plus.

Candidate is familiar with methodologies like agile/scrum and safe.

You have experience with ITSM tools (such as TOPdesk, ServiceNow, or Jira).

Additional information

Hybrid working: The frequency is an estimate, provided the work allows. Arrangements regarding working from home are always made in consultation with the needs provider. Frequency of days working from home: 2

On-call services: No, available by phone for incidents once every 3 months.

• the role the candidate fulfilled
• the activities and responsibilities involved
• the extent to which these align with the required eCF competencies and the level
• HBO (Higher Professional Education) work and thinking level, preferably in the direction of Technical Computer Science (ICT) or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing complex (enterprise) networks.
• You must possess CCSE (Checkpoint) and Fortinet NSE4 certification.
• You must possess F5 BIG-IP LTM certification.
• Demonstrable experience within a government or semi-government organization is a plus.
• You are familiar with methodologies like agile/scrum and safe.
• You have experience with ITSM tools (such as TOPdesk, ServiceNow, or Jira).

Project details

• Start: 2026-12-31T23:00:00
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Maasland Zuid-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch