Solution Architect

• Every day, millions of travelers use digital channels such as the Schiphol App and Schiphol.nl. The Commercial Technology department is tasked with optimizing both visible value for the traveler and strategic business impact from these channels. And all this in a complex, dynamic environment that never stands still. We also facilitate our Cargo community with digital solutions.
• The primary task of our Cargo platform is to support cargo handling in a digital and seamless manner. This department is known for thinking from the customer's perspective. We start with the (customer) question, prioritize based on value, test quickly, and improve continuously. Decisions are made based on customer and business impact, not on hierarchy.
• We are going for it: Schiphol must belong to the top 3 of European airports.

As a Solution Architect, you are responsible for drafting and documenting solution architectures for projects and digital solutions. In doing so, you move easily between business, architecture, and software development. You map out business objectives, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements and translate these into a solution architecture that is secure, feasible, and future-proof. And how you approach this? That is up to you. We rely on the way you build connections with other people. You will apply your talents to:

• analyzing business needs and translating them into functional requirements, non-functional requirements, and appropriate architectural solutions.
• designing solutions for the secure exposure of data and functionality to customers, partners, and other applications.
• determining which integration type best fits an information flow, such as REST APIs, webhooks, messaging, Kafka, or other integration patterns.
• elaborating how requirements regarding security, availability, performance, scalability, privacy, manageability, and monitoring are realized.
• Drafting ADDs, high-level designs, context diagrams, component diagrams, and system sequence diagrams in which information flows and system interactions are made transparent.
• collaborating with software developers, lead developers, and platform teams to technically investigate and test solution directions.
• aligning with business stakeholders, product owners, security specialists, and other solution and enterprise architects.
• ensuring that solutions align with the architectural vision, security guidelines, cloud strategy, and technical standards of Schiphol.
• substantiating architectural choices, for example, with Architecture Decision Records.
• guiding solutions from the initial business question through to the technical elaboration and realization by the development team.

You look not only at the desired end state but also at the technical feasibility, existing systems, and the steps required to actually realize a solution. You are therefore not an architect who exclusively sets frameworks from a distance. You work actively with software developers, lead developers, platform teams, security specialists, and business representatives to investigate, test, and further concretize solution directions. You feel comfortable in technical discussions about, for example, Java applications, container platforms, REST APIs, webhooks, events, and messaging. You clearly document architectural choices in Architecture Definition Documents, Architecture viewpoints in the architecture repository, Architecture Decision Records, and other architectural products. In this way, you provide development teams with clear frameworks with which they can further design and realize solutions.

With more than 4,200 proud colleagues, we take an extra step to connect the Netherlands as well as possible to the rest of the world. Innovation, safety, and collaboration are at the forefront. Together, we give more meaning to travel and contribute to the economy and society. For more than 100 years. In the Netherlands and beyond. Did you know, by the way, that:

... Royal Schiphol Group is the owner and operator of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, and Lelystad Airport?
... a total of 71,000 people work at Schiphol alone for more than 1,300 different employers?
... you will strengthen the Digital & Technology business area as a Solution Architect.

The correct departure and arrival times on the screens, the optimal functioning of the boarding gates, and the smooth operation of all apps. Thanks to the work of the Digital & Technology department, Schiphol keeps running 24/7. More than 950 colleagues work daily with the latest technology on the airport of the future. This is how we help contribute to the best possible experience. For travelers, customers, and employees. On and around the airport.

Schiphol connects your world. With the best people, we make travel safe and responsible. You contribute to this with your unique talents, such as the way you work very purposefully with focus to achieve results and smoothly build strong bonds with others. In any case, for this position you have:

• at least 5 years of work experience as a Solution Architect, Software Architect, or in a comparable role within a complex IT landscape.
• demonstrable experience in designing solutions for software development teams.
• experience with modern software architecture, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
• experience with API architecture, REST APIs, webhooks, and messaging technologies.
• experience in retrieving and translating non-functional requirements into concrete architectural choices.
• experience in creating high-level designs and diagrams in which system interactions and responsibilities become clear.
• experience in documenting and substantiating architectural decisions, for example, with Architecture Decision Records.
• the ability to explain the advantages and disadvantages of a solution understandably to both business and technical stakeholders.
• excellent command of Dutch and English, both spoken and written.

• € 5703 to € 7912 gross per month (scale 13).
• A 13th month.
• Bring-Your-Own scheme where you may spend 450 euros to set up your own (home) workplace.
• An NS-Business Card that fully reimburses public transport travel to and from work.
• Room for development on a professional and personal level. For example, there is a personal sustainable employability budget for, among other things, pension (contributions), financial advice, paid leave, training, (career) coaching, and vitality.

These are just a few of our employment conditions that belong to this position (based on a 36-hour work week). Schiphol has even more to offer you. For the complete overview of all employment conditions, go to Employment Conditions - Working at Schiphol.

What are your talents? What are your dreams? What is your story? We are curious about you and would like to invite you to apply. You can apply by sharing your motivation and CV with us via the application button below.

• For more information about applying at Schiphol: Schiphol Careers.
• Do you have questions about the content of the Solution Architect position? Contact Dylan van Rijnberk via dylan.van.rijnberk@schiphol.nl.
• Do you have questions about the application process? Direct these to Yvette Mulder-van Zon via yvette.mulder-van.zon@schiphol.nl or via 06-48438257.
• An assessment may be part of the process.
• A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) must be submitted prior to employment.
• We would like to receive your application for this Solution Architect position before November 2, 2026.