Enterprise Architect - Digital Transformation & Strategy

About the role

IT is the key enabler for achieving numerous strategic goals. Areas such as digital transformation, digitalization, and ‘getting the house in order’ are where IT can truly make a difference. As an architect, you are constantly focused on how IT can optimally contribute to realizing these business strategies. In your role as an expert and advisor, you are involved in various short advisory projects where architecture plays a crucial role in providing sound advice. You assist executives, boards, CIOs, and management of leading organizations with questions like ‘is my IT future‑proof?’ or ‘is this the right IT investment at the right time?’. You guide them through your inspiring vision of current technologies and future developments in digitalization.

Why Highberg

At Highberg, we turn vision into movement and ambition into reality. We know that real transformation demands more than ideas: it demands people who make them happen. We believe in doing, not just designing. In partnerships built on trust and shared purpose. Our people work as one, combining humanity, strategy, and deep expertise. Because when people and purpose move together, we create change that endures.

We design – then we deliver

We are both the architects and the builders of transformation, making sure plans become reality

Hands‑on collaboration

We work side by side with you. Committed and invested, taking ownership from start to finish

Cross European, locally rooted

We combine international scale with strong local presence in The Netherlands and DACH

Culture as a catalyst

Our culture and way of collaborating are unique, creating immediate impact and driving sustainable results

Your main tasks at #Highberg

At Highberg, you engage with our clients as an Enterprise Architect, Program Architect, or Project Architect, taking charge of the technical direction. As an architect at Highberg, you work on prestigious projects and programs that have societal impact or significant importance.

Examples include:

• Developing architecture for COVID‑19 programs at RIVM.
• Carving out IT for Sanquin’s blood bank and designing architecture for its new environment.
• Architecting innovative collaboration chains between the police and NFI using modern IT.
• Establishing future‑proof architecture for a construction company.
• Designing and tendering architecture for modernizing the workplace of a large healthcare institution.

You collaborate closely with others, working in project teams to integrate all necessary disciplines. This approach not only fosters teamwork but also provides ample opportunities for mutual learning. Together, we leverage our collective knowledge for greater strength. Knowledge is highly valued at Highberg; we invest in knowledge development, offer training programs, and support your professional growth. Continuous development in your field is emphasized, requiring a curious mindset and a willingness to invest in yourself.

Highberg’s architecture expertise group is expanding and seeking multiple architects across junior, mid‑level, and senior positions. As Highberg grows, we seek ambitious individuals who want to grow with us!

Who you are

• Junior/medior: Someone with passion and drive to develop in the domain of (IT) strategy and architecture to become an expert in the field.
• Junior/medior: Someone who knows how to present themselves well and is communicatively skilled.
• Junior/medior: A colleague who enjoys collaborating with others and is willing to share knowledge.
• Senior (additionally): Someone who enjoys being challenged by multidisciplinary strategic issues involving various stakeholders.
• Senior (additionally): Someone with commercial affinity who can acquire (consulting) assignments through content and relationship management and networking.

What we are asking

• Junior: A Master’s degree in computer science, technical public administration, business administration, and/or Business & IT.
• Medior (supplemented with): Minimum of 3 years of work experience as a (solution) architect in operational roles, technical project leader on IT projects, information advisor, or similar roles, with the ambition to grow.
• Medior (supplemented with): A well‑grounded opinion on IT and enterprise architecture.
• Medior (supplemented with): Competencies to thoroughly understand clients’ business, map organizational needs, and translate them into suitable IT solutions.
• Senior (supplemented with): Work experience as an enterprise architect at a consulting firm, IT service provider, or top‑500 company.
• Senior (supplemented with): A vision on and experience with developing business, information, application, and/or IT architecture.

What we are offering

• A competitive salary and excellent benefits including performance pay, provisions for mobility, pension and leave.
• Sincere attention to personal development including coaching by colleagues, access to and wide range of education and training and a personal development plan with matching investments.
• A place within a challenging and growing organization where taking personal responsibility is valued, you have the autonomy and freedom to perform your work flexibly with short lines of communication with colleagues.
• A pleasant working environment with a pleasant and easily accessible office, focus on performance as a team and not on the individual and numerous social activities such as get‑togethers, sports activities and team meetings.

About the culture

We’re a European transformation consultancy that believes real progress starts with people – their ideas, their energy, their courage to change. Founded in the Netherlands, we’re growing across Europe, bringing together diverse teams united by one ambition: to create lasting impact. Together with our clients, we turn ambition into action and change into enduring results. Curiosity drives us forward, collaboration keeps us connected, and our shared commitment ensures that every transformation becomes something that truly lasts.