Senior Solution Architect (Cloud)

TL;DR

Senior Solution Architect (Cloud): Designing and driving scalable technical solutions for complex, often legacy-driven client landscapes with an accent on architectural choices, trade-offs, and high-level design. Focus on translating architectural intent into concrete engineering designs and explaining technical options to business stakeholders clearly.

Location: On-site in Alkmaar, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global has been exploring technology's potential since 1998, driving fundamental transformation at scale for global clients like VodafoneZiggo, Polestar, citizenM, and Philips with a team of 450+ specialists across brand, experience, technology, and data & AI.

What you will do

• Collaborate with clients, delivery teams, and architects to design scalable technical solutions.
• Lead and contribute to proposals, tenders, and discovery sessions.
• Advise on solution approaches, architectural choices, and trade-offs.
• Assess existing applications, data, and infrastructure to identify modernization or migration paths.
• Design high-level architectures and explain technical options to business stakeholders.
• Translate architectural intent and constraints into concrete designs for engineering teams and provide guidance during implementation.

Requirements

• Experience as a Tech Lead or Architect.
• Strong understanding of modern application architectures and point solutions (e.g., MACH principles, composable platforms).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with infrastructure, integrations, APIs, and common protocols.
• Familiarity with architecture modelling, best practices, and data flows / data engineering concepts.
• Bachelors’ level of working and thinking (or equivalent experience).
• English: C1+ (full professional proficiency) required.
• Work permit for the Netherlands required if not an EU citizen.

Nice to have

• Dutch language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on collaboration, pragmatism, and leading through expertise.
• Team of 450+ specialists across brand, experience, technology, and data & AI.
• Strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion, stimulating creativity and innovation.

Hiring process

• Application via form with CV/resume and optional cover letter.
• Questions regarding Dutch fluency and visa/work permit needs.