Application Architect (Java)

Application Architect (Java)

European Dynamics

Brussels, Belgium

Description

We currently have a vacancy for an Application Architect (Java) fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert 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 team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Your Tasks

• Analysis and integration of different information systems or building blocks;
• Data analysis and data modelling;
• Coordination of the implementation of the technical architecture;
• Design/development/maintenance of applications that reflect the specifications;
• Participate in the deployment and configuration of the system (s);
• Production of software architecture documents;
• Assistance in Project & Stakeholder Management;
• Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with the Project Team;
• Assistance during relevant parts of testing, analysis, technical documentation, deployment, evaluation and reporting;
• Creating designs and blueprints of Cloud Architecture; Review of the architecture of existing systems to migrate of existing system in the cloud if applicable;
• Design and development of architecture components and building blocks using cloud components.

Requirements

• University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 13 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Minimum 12 years of specific expertise in JAVA development;
• Minimum 8 years of specific expertise in Relational DBMS;
• Minimum 3 years of specific expertise in applications design;
• Minimum 2 years of specific expertise in architecture best practices and patterns;
• Minimum 2 years of specific expertise in Angular/JS development;
• Minimum 2 years of specific expertise in interoperability technology (web services, message oriented middleware, service oriented bus, event architecture);
• Minimum 2 years of specific expertise in Agile;
• Minimum 2 year of specific expertise in Agile toolbox (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, BigPicture,Balsamiq, etc);
• Very good knowledge of Java, Hibernate, GIT, MAVEN, Angular, AngularJS, Oracle DB, SQL;
• Good knowledge of Web Services/Microservices architectures, SOAP, REST, XML, JSON;
• Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture and design;
• Ability to understand business needs and to discuss solutions with customers;
• Knowledge in project management standards and methodologies (Project Scheduling, Strategic Planning, Financial Modelling, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Performance Tracking);
• Knowledge in producing Business Cases, Project Initiation Documentation or Project Charters describing the project justification, budgetary constraints, scope and etc.;
• Experience working with EU legislations and extracting requirements from legal documents will be considered an asset;
• Experience with EC building blocks like EU Login, eUI, CNS and e-Delivery will be considered an asset;
• Experience in Serverless development and NoSQL databases will be considered an asset;
• Knowledge of ITIL and good understanding of IT Service Management will be considered an asset;
• Knowledge of UML and BPMN will be considered an asset;
• The following certifications will be considered as assets: PM2-Agile certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Foundation / Practitioner, PM2 certified – Level 1, Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or PSM I and II), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), AWS Certified Solutions Architect;
• Excellent command of the English language.