Freelance Business Architect (ZZP)

Our client is developing and implementing together with another well known organization the new ID-based system. On behalf of our client we are looking for a Business architect Context

Currently, a start is being made to fully implement DevOps for the delivery and maintenance of the deliverable. Our client is working according to Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe). Using SAFe, development and planning is done quarterly. New features are prioritized from the teams. Working from a brief description your task is to convert these into specific use cases.

Your refinement provides sufficient input for the Scrum Teams to create user stories and tasks that can be delivered per sprint.

Specific tasks for this position:

- Gather information from the Product Manager and the Business and make it specific;

- Test how the ideas of the Product Manager and the customer match the the travelers request;

- Coordinating with Business Analysts on the customer side for deployment of the 'real' request;

- Understanding the level of details needed for the Product Owners;

- Scenario description so that Test Manager can then create Test Cases with it;

- Gaining insight on the connection with the required APIs;

- Sparring with System Architect to add architecture boards;

- Getting in and out of scope on edge;

- Ongoing development and working with DevOps flow so that they are always prepared and can accelerate.

Challenging work environment!

You will work with many complex systems and architecture where your analysis skills and "puzzle skills" will be called upon to make sense of them!

- Systems that process billions of transactions per day continue to evolve in the cloud;

- Scalability and increase in transaction processing and data analytics are on the agenda in the near future, which requires optimization and expansion of system capabilities. Proactive thinking and case development is very important!

- Enabling faster delivery of many functionalities for customers;

- Lots of room to fulfill the communicative side of this role throughout the chain; working with various external stakeholders, the CTO and program manager, the development team in Slovakia and team in Utrecht;

- You will work with multiple external stakeholders; client's largest customer, the public companies and suppliers.

This requires communication skills, assertiveness, energy and decisiveness!

What knowledge and experience will help you be successful, and energized by this position?

- Required foundation is a completed HBO/WO degree, preferably in IT business architecture, artificial intelligence, data analytics;

- Been independently responsible for several years in the role of business architect or program management of transaction processing systems;

- Knowledge of overall architecture and web applications. Want to understand complex systems;

- Affinity with Hardware is a plus, such as memory write away, hard drive operation;

- You have developed towards systems that process many transaction;.

- Communicative skills, patient and proactive; these qualities allow you to work well with various internal and external stakeholders;

- Experience with Agile and DevOps way of working in multidisciplinary teams;

- You are used to working with diverse work cultures and communicating in English & Dutch!