We are looking for an Application/Cloud Architect who will join a European Institution in Brussels (50% onsite).
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Architecture & Design
▪ Very good knowledge of architecture design patterns and enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
▪ Very good knowledge of applications design, including multi-tier applications.
▪ Strong experience with transitioning from monolith to microservices architecture.
▪ Very good knowledge of microservices and cloud architecture.
▪ Relevant and proved experience with event-driven architecture, eventual consistency, and microservice orchestration.
▪ Good knowledge of interoperability technologies: web services, message-oriented middleware (MOM), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
Programming & Development
▪ Strong experience with Java (JEE/Jakarta EE), including migrations (Java 8 to Java 21, J2EE to Jakarta EE 8).
▪ Strong experience with Spring ecosystem (Spring Framework, Spring Boot).
▪ Front-end experience with Angular (2+), ideally latest versions, and modern UI paradigms (client-side scripting, React).
▪ Experience in object-oriented design, reusable component design, and UML modelling.
▪ Experience with RESTful API design and WS SOAP development (Oracle WebLogic, Oracle SOA Suite).
▪ Familiarity with XML, XSD, SOAP, JAX-WS, JAXB, WSDL, JAX-RPC
Cloud & Infrastructure
▪ Proven experience with cloud-native applications and Containers as a Service (CaaS).
▪ Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
▪ Strong experience with Docker images and containers.
▪ Relevant experience with Vault (secrets management) and Consul (service discovery).
▪ Experience with API Gateway and API validation tools (OpenAPI/Swagger).
▪ Proved experience with NGINX server
Integration & Messaging
▪ Strong practical experience with Kafka.
▪ Experience with Message-Oriented Middleware and Enterprise Service Bus technologies.
▪ Strong experience with event-driven systems and microservice orchestration.
Databases & Persistence
▪ Good knowledge of relational DBMS (PostgreSQL and Oracle).
▪ Experience with dedicated database per domain and interoperability patterns.
▪ Experience with Redis for session and cache management.
▪ Experience with Liquibase for database migrations.
▪ Familiarity with PL/SQL, SQL, Hibernate, JPA.
Testing, Quality & CI/CD
▪ Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks: JUnit, DbUnit, ArchUnit, in-memory databases.
▪ Experience with automated testing and branch management.
▪ Experience with cloud-native CI/CD pipelines.
▪ Experience with Jenkins, Sonar, Bitbucket, GitLab for continuous integration and code quality.
▪ Experience with architecture decision enforcement at pull request level before merging.
▪ Experience with automation test frameworks.
Monitoring & Logging
▪ Experience with Dynatrace, ElasticSearch, and Grafana.
▪ Experience with Cloud Native observability.
• Security
▪ Experience with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
▪ Experience with Vault for properties and secrets management.
Tools & Miscellaneous
▪ Experience with version control tools (GIT).
▪ Familiarity with development tools and IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse).
▪ Experience with build tools and dependency management (Maven, Ant).
▪ Experience with SoapUI for web service testing.
▪ Familiarity with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
▪ Practical experience with JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Does this sound like your next challenge? Apply today, and we’ll be in touch with selected candidates.