Solution Architect Digital Workplace

Your typical day starts with a brief standup with the squad in which you update each other and define actions. During standups squad members discuss what went well, what could be improved and where they still need help. Afterwards, take your time with a cup of coffee to work on some e-mails and questions. Then, it is time to work on solutions and architecture within the workplace domain.

As a Solution Architect for the Endpoint squad you can help the team with finding solutions related to workplace applications that are used within Thales. This includes applications and services such as Citrix (platform and netscalers), Microsoft Server, Windows 10/11, SCCM, printing, Omnissa Workspace One - Mobile Device Management, Dell Wyse Thin Client Management, and PRTG monitoring tool. You help architect, challenge, and provide leadership to standardize, modernize and digitalize our IS/IT collaboration environments and applications landscape.

Do you find it interesting to work on the cutting-edge IT while keeping a large group of users in mind? Working with a multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic and driven professionals and improving our solutions? Then we are looking for you!

Your contribution to the squad:

• Understand end-to-end business requirements and translate these to IS/IT solutions;
• Validate technical designs with the security department, enterprise architects and other architects;
• Describe and decide how the solutions and processes will look like and how they interact with each other using modelling tools and techniques;
• Take the lead in the maintenance, improvement and development of IS/IT solutions;
• Implement / refine / explore enablers from the architectural runway;
• Collaborate with other architects & Thales Group and exchange best practices & tools.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends and determine their applicability and potential value to your domain.
• Ability to read high-level architecture designs and translate these into low-level designs.
• Provide recommendations to address potential threats.
• Implement technical ways of working and guidelines to ensure a proper roll-out of solutions by the engineers.

About the IS/IT Department

In this position, you will be part of the IS/IT department. The IS/IT department is a team of 170 highly skilled and motivated professionals. We have embraced the Agile way of working and have 18 squads working in DevOps mode providing IT services to our 3500 Thales Netherlands colleagues. IS/IT is at the core of the Thales digital transformation, there is a close relationship between IS/IT and business.

We aim to deliver best in class IT solutions to our Thales Netherlands colleagues. This is done within our agile IT teams who work in close interaction with the colleagues in the business. Our culture statement is ‘Fit for our future’, we strive for autonomous teams working together when needed, support each other when possible and celebrate achieving goals. Security, collaboration and continuous improvement are our drivers.

For the Endpoint squad we are looking for a Solution Architect. This squad is responsible for a broad variety of products and services related to the workplace. Your new squad is also part of the Endpoint tribe within Thales group. The tribe is responsible for the digital workplace within Thales.

The Solution Architect Workplace works on the architecture and solutions for our environments and applications together with the Enterprise Architect(s), other Solutions Architects and Security department.

About you

We are looking for a colleague who:

• Has a (technical) bachelor or master degree;
• Has proven experience (>5 years) as a solution architect, preferably within a similar domain;
• Has a positive mindset, responsible, decisive, analytical and result-oriented;
• Is assertive and thorough.
• Has an understanding of Architectural Frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).
• Is an excellent planner and works well in a dynamic environment;
• Has strong social and communication skills;
• Is flexible, stress-resistant and organizationally strong.
• Is fluent in English and Dutch.

Additional qualities

• Experience working in an Agile environment is a big plus;
• A team player that will work well in a cross functional team environment;
• Work experience as a workplace engineer to better support your team with their work would help you greatly in this position.

What's in it for you

• Position is based on Vakgroep 60 CLA-Metalektro-HP.
• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas;
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills;
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe;
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance;
• You can usually work where and whenever you want. Within Thales, we aim for a 60/40 balance, where you work from home at least two days a week, when your role allows this;
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade PTO for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs;
• 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

Interested?

Apply now! Click on the button below to upload your profile and show your interest.

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Government (AIVD) clearance will be requested.