Enterprise IT services and custom software for public sector and large organizations
Centric is a 5,000+ person Dutch IT services firm built on customer-specific integrations: Oracle, SAP, AFAS (Dutch ERP), legacy Uniface codebases, and increasingly Azure/cloud. Heavy hiring in engineering (56 roles) against support (27) signals a shift from managed services toward modernization delivery—specifically datacenter migrations, legacy-to-cloud rewrites, and AI integration projects. Active Microsoft adoption (Copilot, Defender, Purview) and GDPR/governance pain points reveal a customer base managing regulatory complexity at scale.
Notable leadership hires: Operational Team Lead
Centric delivers IT solutions and professional services to Dutch public sector, financial, healthcare, and retail organizations. The business spans custom software development, network and systems management, helpdesk support, cloud hosting, and IT staffing. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Gouda, the company operates at mid-market scale with a knowledge platform (Centric Insights) covering digital transformation, AI, data science, cloud, and cybersecurity topics. Current active projects include a logilink platform, health insurer portal, cloud microservice architecture, and a data platform; ongoing challenges include GDPR compliance, legacy ERP modernization, and on-premise-to-SaaS transitions for customer bases.
Core: SQL, Oracle, SAP, AFAS, .NET, C#, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes. Management: Kaseya, Aruba Central, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint. Analytics: Power BI, Cognos, Business Objects. Now adopting GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview.
Datacenter and cloud migrations, modernizing legacy software for cloud, implementing Microsoft Defender and Purview, cloud microservice architectures, AI solutions, and an internal data platform. Also delivering a logilink platform and health insurer portal for customer bases.
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