Technology Strategy & Architecture Consultant
Business Tech. human touch.
Vacancy
At Anderson MacGyver, we believe technology only creates real value when people can work with it effectively. We are a management consultancy that helps organizations navigate challenges at the intersection of business and technology, with a specialization in the vital sectors that keep our society running, from energy networks to healthcare and defense. Because when failure is not an option, we are the ones you call.
What will you do?
You have a strong technical background and find yourself increasingly interested in the question behind the solution. Not just: how do we build this? But also: which technology choices will help this organization achieve its strategy?
As a Technology Strategy & Architecture Consultant, you help organizations make complex technology landscapes more understandable, simpler, and future-proof. You work at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and execution, from target architectures and application rationalization to technology choices and implementation challenges.
You don’t need to master all of this when you join us. We are looking for someone with a solid technical foundation and the ambition to grow into an advisor who can have a convincing, substantive conversation with both engineers and CIOs.
What kind of challenges will you solve?
- Example 1 – Shaping an architecture practice
A large government organization is facing the challenge of transforming its architecture function to become more effective. Our challenge is to help an organization with dozens of architects start speaking the language of the business and enable them to create more impact within the organization and society.
- Example 2 – Target architecture & platforms
A CIO of a large retailer wants to move towards a product and platform model. You help determine what this means for the architecture, platform choices, integration, governance, and the way teams collaborate.
- Example 3 – Application implementation
A large high-tech manufacturer needs to implement a new ERP application. You bring together business needs, architecture principles, risks, and different scenarios, and help management navigate and execute this complex journey together with a team from the client organization and your Anderson MacGyver colleagues.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Collaborating with stakeholders ranging from engineering teams and architects to CIOs, CTOs, and management teams.
- Designing and refining target architectures and technology roadmaps;
- Analyzing and simplifying complex application landscapes;
- Advising on platform, cloud, integration, and technology choices;
- Guiding technology and vendor selections and the transition towards implementation;
- Connecting technical choices to business objectives, risks, costs, and the organization’s ability to change;
What is required?
- 3–6 years of experience in technology, architecture and/or consulting
- A solid technical foundation and a demonstrable interest in architecture and technology landscape challenges
- Experience with, for example, solution, application, software, cloud, or enterprise architecture, or a comparable technology domain
- The ability to structure complex topics and explain them clearly
- Curiosity about the business and strategic implications of technology choices;
- Fluency in Dutch and English
Don’t tick every box? If you recognize yourself in the foundation of this role and are eager to grow towards technology strategy, we explicitly encourage you to get in touch.
What will you get?
- A salary of €5000 – €8000 gross per month, depending on your knowledge and experience
- 27 days of annual leave, with the option to purchase additional days
- A team performance bonus: celebrating success together pays off
- A flexible mobility scheme, with options such as a company car or mobility allowance
- Plenty of room for personal and professional development
- Collaboration with experienced consultants and direct coaching from your practice lead
- Hybrid working: flexibility between home, the office, and client locations
What you will develop further with us
- Moving from architecture challenges towards technology strategy and decision-making
- An enterprise and landscape perspective: looking beyond a single solution or domain
- Advising and influencing at CIO/CTO and management level
- Application rationalization, technology roadmaps, and platform and technology strategy
- Consulting skills such as hypothesis building, storytelling, facilitation, and decision-making
- Guiding complex choices from analysis through to actionable next steps
Help shape the practice
Friday is our shared practice day in IJsselstein. We use this day not only for internal alignment, but also to further develop our profession: discussing client cases, refining our methods, sharing knowledge, and exploring new topics.
Think application rationalization, modern platform architectures, and the impact of AI on technology organizations and their landscapes.
So you are not only a consultant working on client assignments. You also get the opportunity to influence how we work as a Technology Landscapes practice, which propositions we develop, and what we want to stand for from a content and expertise perspective.
Why Anderson MacGyver?
- You combine strategic influence with real technological depth
- You work in a relatively small team of experts and have direct access to experienced consultants and practice leads
- Good ideas can quickly become part of our approach and client engagements without layers of bureaucracy
- You work on complex technology challenges at organizations where reliability, adaptability, and continuity truly matter, including organizations in vital sectors
- You receive coaching and substantive feedback, with plenty of room to grow and become better at your profession
What working with us looks like
Room to take initiative: alongside your client work, you actively contribute to the development of Technology Landscapes.
Hybrid working: depending on your assignment, you work at the client, from home, or at our office.
Friday practice day: we work together as a practice from our office in IJsselstein.
Multidisciplinary teams: you switch between analysis, architecture, advisory work, and execution.
Talk first, apply later
Not actively looking, but curious to learn more? Schedule an informal 30-minute introduction with our Practice Lead Technology Landscapes. No case and no formal job interview. Just a conversation about the profession, the practice, and your ambitions.
Already excited? We would, of course, love to receive your application for the Technology Strategy & Architecture Consultant role!