Sr. Administrator.

Project overview

Assignment Description

Translate functional requirements into functional and technical designs, documentation, and measures. Translate non-standard assignments into assignment plans and required capacities and skills. Participate in impact analyses and projects and be responsible for complex external and heavy internal assignments.

Check impact and risk analyses, advise the technically responsible person, and monitor the implementation, acceptance, and standardization of ICT components. Align ICT building blocks with other systems and applications.

Build, adapt, and test components, including test scenarios and reports. Monitor coherence, advise based on test results, resolve third-line problems, analyze disruptions, and initiate modifications and lifecycle adjustments.

Conduct research into the technical consequences of application packages, optimize existing ICT building blocks, and provide guidelines and advice on their use.

Share subject matter expertise and developments, guide complex issues, and act as a point of contact.

Background of the assignment

The assignment concerns the deployment of a senior administrator within a team for technical application management. The candidate is responsible for designing, developing, managing, and optimizing complex ICT components within the existing architecture and infrastructure. The candidate translates functional requirements into technical solutions, assesses the impact of changes, and monitors the coherence, quality, and operation of applications and systems.

Furthermore, the candidate analyzes and resolves complex disruptions, coordinates testing and implementations, and advises on technical improvements and lifecycle adjustments. The candidate also contributes to research, knowledge sharing, and the subject matter guidance of fellow administrators and designers.

Generic description competence area and levels

Clear creative solutions for delivering new concepts, ideas, products, or services. Uses new and open thinking to consider the exploitation of technological progress to meet the needs of the business/society or research direction.

Summary of task and mission

Plans, designs, and integrates ICT system components including hardware, software, and services. Designs, integrates, and implements complex technical ICT solutions so that development procedures and models are up-to-date and meet common standards. Monitors new technological developments and applies them where applicable. Provides technological design leadership.

• Develop architecture and frameworks
• Check technical design
• Develop and manage ICT components
• Conduct research into ICT building blocks
• Guide designers and administrators

Responsibilities

Specify and implement the architecture of complex ICT solutions

Lead development and integration of components

Lead and/or execute system integration

Ensure integration of security by design

Analysis of technical and business requirements

Develop and maintain a comprehensive overview of usability requirements

Requirements eCF profile: Systems Architect

Reference Area: A.09 Innovating

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 requested eCF competencies are not demonstrably present cannot be fully assessed for suitability.

Candidate has at least 4 years of demonstrable work experience with the chosen eCF profile similar role.

Candidate preferably has demonstrable work experience within the Ministry of Defence.

Candidate preferably has HBO/WO work and thinking level, preferably a completed education in ICT or computer engineering or a comparable combination of education and experience.

Candidate preferably has at least 4 years of experience with application hosting on Microsoft platforms.

Candidate preferably has at least 4 years of experience with modern Enterprise IT infrastructure.

Candidate preferably has at least 3 years of knowledge and experience of Gitlab DevSecOps.

Candidate preferably has at least 3 years of knowledge and experience in working with Powershell.

Candidate preferably has knowledge of, and interest in, automating and standardizing tasks.

Candidate preferably has knowledge and experience of working with Ansible (including AWX/AAP).

Candidate preferably has knowledge and experience in working in an AGILE environment.

Candidate preferably has demonstrable work experience with Windows.

Additional Information

Hybrid working

Frequency number of remote working days

On-call services

• the role the candidate fulfilled
• the tasks and responsibilities involved
• the extent to which these align with the requested eCF competencies and the level

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-30T23:00:00
• Location: Den Helder Noord-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch