Job Description

Fugro is the world’s leadingGeo‑dataspecialist,operatingat the intersection of geospatial intelligence, advanced engineering, anddata‑driveninnovation. As we accelerate our global technology transformation, we are looking for a visionary Chief Architectto define and drive ourend‑to‑endtechnology 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 ofGeo‑datainnovation.

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 theorganisation

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 productservices;

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

• You set the architectural direction for data platforms, analytics, AI enablement, and hybrid cloudstrategies;

• You govern Fugro’s domain ontology across geospatial, subsurface, vision, and temporaldata;

• You own security architecture principles, includingzero‑trustand data sovereigntycompliance;

• You engage with clients as a peer architect,co‑designingsolutions and guiding their platformevolution;

• 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;

• Youdemonstratea proven ability to design and deliverenterprise‑scalearchitecture in global,multi‑domainenvironments;

• You bring deep hands‑onexpertisein solutions and technology architecture, with the ability to dive into technicaldetail;

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

• You lead stakeholders from boardroom to engineering with clarity, confidence, andauthority;

• You partner with clients toco‑designsolutions and influencelong‑termplatformdirection;

• Youanticipatemarket and technology trends and translate them into actionable, phasedroadmaps.

What Fugro offers

• A competitivesalary;

• A company car or a mobilityallowance;

• A bonus, the allocation if which isdeterminedbased on carefully established guidelines withinFugro;

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility topurchase12additionaldays; 

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally andinternationally;

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from homein accordance withyour manager and corporatepolicies;

• Commutingallowance;

• Modern pensionscheme;

• Collective healthinsurance;

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitnessplan;

• 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 yourapplication;

• 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 secondround;

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

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