Description
We currently have a vacancy for a Java Architect fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Brussels, Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.
Your tasks
• Propose and document the architecture for the team, in alignment with the technical constraints of reuse of existing components and building blocks;
• Ensure alignment between the business needs and the architecture of the solution, through documentation, presentations and workshops with the relevant stakeholders;
• Review all technical analysis performed by the IT external development company, support the Project manager on the decisions to take, and provide feedback on the estimates;
• Support the Project Manager in all decisions related to IT developments and change of architecture;
• Risk and issue analysis, propose mitigation paths;
• Interaction with other architects, business analysts, business owners, project manager, external development company.
Requirements
* University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 17 years of relevant working experience;
* At least 10 years of expertise in Java development;
* At least 5 years of expertise in UML modelling (diagrams);
* At least 5 years of specific expertise in EC corporate components of architecture (EU Login, EU Send, …);
* Extensive experience of IT developments and IT architecture ;
* knowledge of microservices and architecture in the cloud;
* Good knowledge of Enterprise Architecture;
* Good knowledge of Relational DBMS;
* Good knowledge of business process analysis;
* Knowledge of interoperability technology (web services, message oriented middleware, service oriented bus, event architecture);
* Ability to draft, improve and document architecture decisions, propose several solutions with pros, cons and risks;
* Excellent command of the English language.