You will act as an operational technical reference point, with a gradual progression toward a Solution Architect position.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Design and oversee integration of IWMS solutions (e.g. ARCHIBUS) within client environments.
* Define technical architecture for hosted, on-premise, and hybrid platforms.
* Act as technical consultant for internal products and client implementations.
* Translate business needs into clear technical specifications and solution designs.
* Lead integration strategy (APIs, ETL, messaging, SSO, data flows).
* Ensure secure, scalable system communication (OAuth2/OIDC/SAML, webhooks, streaming).
* Design and govern API and integration architectures, including gateway policies and performance.
* Define and optimize application/server architectures (Tomcat, WebLogic, IIS, Nginx, etc.).
* Troubleshoot performance, reliability, and scalability issues across applications and infrastructure.
* Lead ETL and data pipeline design (data mapping, validation, scheduling, error handling).
* Implement and oversee messaging/event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ).
* Define CI/CD and deployment standards, including automation and release strategies.
* Ensure environment consistency across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid setups; produce operational runbooks.
* Facilitate technical workshops and translate requirements into robust solution designs.
* Present architecture options with trade-offs (cost, performance, security, scalability).
* Mentor engineering teams, enforce best practices, and reduce delivery risks (PoCs, spikes).
* Collaborate with clients to validate solutions and incorporate feedback.
* Establish coding standards, review processes, and engineering governance.
* Proven experience in software architecture and complex system integration
* Tech Lead responsibilities: Delegation, and coordination of developers
* Strong expertise in development technologies and infrastructure (CI/CD, databases, storage, proxies, load balancers, IAM, ETL, application servers, etc.)
* Enterprise integration experience: APIs (REST/SOAP), gateways, middleware, and data exchange systems
* Strong troubleshooting and production performance optimization skills
* Ability to analyze business processes and design aligned technical solutions
* Experience facilitating technical workshops and documenting decisions (ADRs, trade-offs)
Key Technical Skills
* Identity & Security: OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML; Azure AD/Entra, Okta, Keycloak, ADFS, Ping
* (JIT/SCIM provisioning, roles, tokens, certificates)
* Infrastructure & Application Servers: Tomcat, WebLogic/WebSphere, WildFly, IIS, Apache, Nginx
* (SSL/TLS, mTLS, tuning, logging/APM, performance optimization)
* API Management: Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway
* (OAuth flows, scopes, rate limiting, mTLS, client credentials)
* Data & ETL: Talend, Informatica, Pentaho, Azure Data Factory
* (pipelines, validation, idempotency, retries, scheduling)
* Messaging/Eventing: Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ (retry, DLQ, outbox patterns)
* Environments: on-prem, cloud, hybrid architectures with security/network constraints
* Experience with IWMS solutions (ARCHIBUS is a plus)
Soft Skills
* Strong communication and stakeholder management
* Workshop facilitation and decision documentation
* End-to-end troubleshooting across application, infrastructure, database, and network layers
Languages
* Dutch and English required
* French is a plus
* Competitive full package including company car, representation expenses, meal vouchers, etc.
* Hybrid working model.
* High-impact role with visibility at group level.
* Opportunity to shape and grow a practice in a competitive and evolving market.
* International consulting environment with real business impact.