Lead Solution Architect TTS (temporary appointment of 2 years)

• A salary between € 5,517 and € 9,337 gross per month (based on a 36-hour work week), depending on your knowledge and experience.
• A 36-hour work week.
• 144 hours of statutory leave (based on full-time employment) + extra leave depending on age (at least one week).
• The possibility to exchange 3 Christian holidays for 3 non-Christian holidays.
• 3% year-end bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and an excellent pension scheme.
• Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible for a small personal contribution. Additionally, you have the option to exchange commuting kilometers (home-work) that you do not travel by train from your gross salary for the tax-free amount per kilometer.
• Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
• Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
• Professional development opportunities.
• A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.

• The DSO is an inspiring work and learning environment where an open and warm atmosphere is central and you are given ample room to develop yourself.
• TTS will become the new, business-critical solution for timetable planning and infrastructure capacity allocation for all trains and carriers in the Netherlands.
• You have a direct influence on the future of the Dutch railway: together with NS, ProRail and an experienced team of architects, you shape a completely new application landscape.

"Your architecture will soon determine how thousands of trains travel through the Netherlands every day."

NS and ProRail are jointly starting the development of TTS (Time Tabling Solution). As Lead Solution Architect on behalf of NS, you will form a close tandem with the Lead Solution Architect of ProRail. Together, you bear full technical end responsibility for the transition to the new TTS architecture. You will not do this alone, but together with a joint team of 5 architects whom you, together with the Lead Solution Architect of ProRail, direct in terms of content. Your focus lies entirely on the substantive vision, the technical course, and the professional coaching of the architects.

Within this unique partnership, you are the watchdog for NS interests. You maintain a close connection with the NS business, NS architects, and operational stakeholders. You do this through intensive alignment with, among others, the Lead Solution Architect Timetable of NS and the team in which the NS business vision and requirements are established. You ensure that integration needs, specific requirements, wishes, and strategic objectives are seamlessly translated into and safeguarded within the final architecture of TTS.

You get energy from a team functioning as a unit and achieving great results. In this role, you work closely with the Release Train Engineer and the Product Manager to manage and run the Agile Release Train (ART) efficiently. You develop the technical vision and architecture, which form the blueprint for our services. Your analytical skills come in handy when defining key technical components, developing interfaces, and evaluating the costs and benefits of different solution directions. Together with the Product Manager, you develop the solution architecture to realize the business requirements.

In your role as NS Lead Solution Architect, these are among your responsibilities:

• You establish the target architecture and migration scenarios for TTS together with the architecture team.
• You create and maintain the architecture roadmap, design high-level solution directions, and manage dependencies. In addition, you facilitate independent team operation and develop the architectural runway.
• You work closely with the NS business to sharpen their interests and functional needs and to position them firmly within the joint TTS program.
• Together with the Lead Solution Architect Timetable, you connect TTS with the broader NS landscape and act as the substantive sparring partner for interfaces with applications for, among other things, rolling stock, personnel, and shunting yard planning.[VH1]
• You work closely with various teams to develop architecture frameworks. You coach and advise teams on IT possibilities and architecture.
• You are the technical sparring partner for the ProRail Lead Solution Architect. You align your work with internal and external architects and collaborate with partners within NS and ProRail to keep visions consistent across the IT landscape.

In the challenging role of Lead Solution Architect, you get the unique opportunity to make a crucial contribution to shaping this renewed application landscape. You play a key role in the architectural transition and have the chance to leave your mark on the future of planning and allocating all trains on the busy Dutch rail network.

TTS will eventually grow to around 100 employees. The system is used daily by around 500 planners. Your work makes an impact. You will collaborate with experienced architects who will help you through a good onboarding period.

From Utrecht, NS and ProRail are jointly starting the development of TTS (Time Tabling Solution) within the DSO (Donna Service Organisation). TTS is the successor to Donna. Donna is a large and complex application used for the planning and organisation of the railway for 35 Dutch carriers. Every day, thousands of trains run on the Dutch railway network for passenger and freight transport. Donna is indispensable: without Donna or TTS, no trains would run. The DSO stands out for its open and warm atmosphere, where we challenge each other and support one another. You are given the space to truly make a difference with your unique contribution.

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the world of sustainable mobility. You become part of an organization that stands in the middle of society and keeps the Netherlands moving. But as one of the largest employers in the Netherlands, we have so much more to offer you. For this position, this includes:

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Email our front office via: recruitment@ns.nl. Would you prefer telephone contact? Then call our front office at 088 671 36 66.

Everyone is welcome at NS
At NS, we believe that different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives make us stronger. We want to be an organisation where everyone can be themselves, feels welcome and has the space to contribute. That is why we warmly invite everyone who recognises themselves in this vacancy to apply.