Chief Architect, Nootdorp

Job Description Fugro is the world’s leading

Geo

‑

data

specialist,

operating

at the intersection of geospatial intelligence, advanced engineering, and

data

‑

driven

innovation. As we accelerate our global technology transformation, we are looking for a visionary

Chief Architect

to define and drive our

end

‑

to

‑

end

technology architecture. In this senior leadership role, you will shape the future of Fugro’s platforms, data capabilities, and digital ecosystem—ensuring our solutions are scalable, secure, and ready for the next decade of

Geo

‑

data

innovation. Based in Nootdorp (NL) and reporting to the Global Director of Technology, you will work closely with the CIO, Global Business Line Directors, and senior technical leaders across the

organisation

. Your role You define Fugro's Technology architecture vision, standards and multi-horizon roadmap;

You act as the authority for major technology investments, design decisions and long-term sustainability;

You establish a company-wide architectural practice with clear principles and mechanisms to enable product delivery autonomy with guardrails;

You design complex, integrated solutions across geospatial platforms, subsurface scanning, edge operations, HPC workloads, and data product

services

;

You create reference architectures and design patterns that enable modularity, reuse, and

scalability

;

You set the architectural direction for data platforms, analytics, AI enablement, and hybrid cloud

strategies

;

You govern Fugro’s domain ontology across geospatial, subsurface, vision, and temporal

dat

a;

You own security architecture principles, including

zero

‑

trust

and data sovereignty

compliance

;

You engage with clients as a peer architect,

co

‑

designing

solutions and guiding their platform

evolution

;

You mentor a global community of architects and lead engineers, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership

.

Your track record You are very familiar with geospatial systems;

You have proven experience building data platorms, AI/ML infrastructure, cybersecurity and scaling data driven technology in high-growth environments;

You have extensive experience in progressive technology leadership roles, ideally as principal architect or orgnisational technology lead;

You

demonstrate

a proven ability to design and deliver

enterprise

‑

scale

architecture in global,

multi

‑

domain

environments

;

You bring deep hands

‑

on

expertise

in solutions and technology architecture, with the ability to dive into technical

detail

;

You understand cloud architecture, including cloud-native patterns, containerisation and serverless;

You lead stakeholders from boardroom to engineering with clarity, confidence, and

authority

;

You partner with clients to

co

‑

design

solutions and influence

long

‑

term

platform

direction

;

You

anticipate

market and technology trends and translate them into actionable, phased

roadmaps.

What Fugro offers A competitive

salary;

A company car or a mobility

allowance;

A bonus, the allocation if which is

determined

based on carefully established guidelines within

Fugro;

29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to

purchase

12

additional

days;

Extensive career&training opportunities both nationally and

internationally;

Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home

in accordance with

your manager and corporate

policies;

Commuting

allowance;

Modern pension

scheme;

Collective health

insurance;

Possibility to register with our corporate fitness

plan;

Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

Are you interested? Please visit our Company Page to find out more on what it is like to work at Fugro. If you have any further questions, please contact Umit Nesar, Corporate Recruiter, tel. +31 (0)6 -81 41 07 68 After

you have applied You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your

application;

When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days.

Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite

you;

After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second

round;

If we are both still positive after the second interview, we will make you an offer and with that we hope to welcome you

at

Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies: Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated

.

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