Architect vacatures in Houten

Domain architect Education

• 32 to 40 hours
• €6287 - €8982

Would you like to contribute to innovative and agile education for students and teachers, and thus contribute to the future of education? Then we have the perfect challenge for you! We are looking for an experienced education domain architect who can really make a difference. In this position, you will design coherent and guiding architecture as the foundation for realizing agile, organized education. Does this appeal to you? Then we would love to hear from you!

Where you will work

SURF is the IT cooperative of Dutch education and research institutions. Together with them, we work on digital services and complex innovation issues to improve the quality of education and research.

The National Growth Fund Program Npuls is an eight-year program through which we improve the quality of our education. Npuls works closely with SURF, the IT cooperative of Dutch educational and research institutions. Npuls sets the strategic direction for the future of education, while SURF provides the technological infrastructure and innovative IT solutions to achieve the strategic goals. As a domain architect, you make an important contribution to this.

Working at SURF means working for a unique and open organization. This is evident in everything: the structure of the organization, the setup of the project teams, the culture in our offices, and the atmosphere among colleagues. SURF offers excellent terms of employment and is flexible when it comes to work/life balance. Employees enjoy working independently. In addition, everyone is given the space and freedom to use and develop their talents as effectively and broadly as possible.

The team you will join

You will be working in the Architecture & Interoperability team. This team is responsible for the architecture in this entire domain within the Accessible and Open Education & Research unit. You will work closely with the Flexible Education team. This multidisciplinary team develops and manages services that enable educational institutions to organize their education in a more agile way. This gives learners more control over their own learning path. Together with your colleagues and experts from educational institutions, you will create a coherent service portfolio. The work of the Flexible Education team is linked to developments within Npuls, which has agile education and barrier-free learning as its key pillars.

What you will do

You will be building the digital environments of the future. You will do this within SURF, together with the (technical) product managers of the Flexible Education team, and from Npuls with colleagues from chain partners such as Studielink. You will bring together information from stakeholders into a coherent whole and develop it into domain and target architectures for education. You will feel ownership of these architectures and promote them within the organization.

The first platform you will be working on is the Life Long Learning education platform. This platform is part of the digital ecosystem of continuing education that facilitates valuable interactions between learners, educational institutions, and sector partners.

What else you will be doing

• You will contribute ideas about the strategy and long-term vision of programs, projects, and services and translate these into coherent and guiding architectures.
• You will be the link between the enterprise architect, service domain owner, and (technical) product managers.
• You will work closely with fellow architects and contribute to the development of the architecture function and the further professionalization of the architecture discipline.
• You will actively seek coherence in the agile education service portfolio and involve the relevant stakeholders within and outside SURF.

Your skills and experience

You are able to use architecture as an accelerator for realizing tasks and ambitions based on a clear vision, and you know how to communicate this in a convincing manner. You work in a connecting way and know how to get others on board with your ideas and vision. You easily establish relationships between different areas of expertise, education sectors, parts of SURF and Npuls, and developments at educational institutions.

SURF takes pleasure in doing its recruitment itself; acquisition is therefore not appreciated.

Applying for a job at SURF

This is what you can expect

Apply

After submitting your application, you will immediately receive a confirmation e-mail.

Response

After the the closing date, you will receive a response from our recruitment team.

First interview

We invite you to our office, because we want to get to know you.

Second interview

We invite you again for an interview with others who also want to get to know you.

Assessment

We may ask you to do an assignment (assessment).

Are you the right person?

Then you will receive a salary offer from one of our HR advisors.

Welcome to SURF!

You join onboarding activities with other new colleagues.

Location Moreelsepark, 48, 3511 EP, Utrecht, Netherlands Degree Master of Science (MSc) Employment Fixed term with permanent employment intention Salary €6287 - €8982 Hours per week 32 to 40 hours Deadline 04 March 2026 Substantive questions Arie van Nistelrooij

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