SOA Architect

We are IT Recruitment Specialists partnered with a Global Consultancy who require a SOA Architect for one of their clients. This will be a long term contract based in Brussels.

Job Description:

• Architecture and design of information systems: analysis of the current architecture and elaboration of the new software architecture principles
• Design and development of architecture components and building blocks
• Development of software code
• Development of code for integrations between systems (services)
• Analysis of the integration of different existing information systems and the elaboration of new patterns of information and data exchange
• Applying common and corporate (EC) software architecture patterns and standards
• Coordination on the implementation of the technical architecture with the involved parties (EAC Architecture team and Business Analysts) Coordination with EC corporate solution provider teams (DIGIT)
• Technical interface between the project leaders and the developers
• Drafting software architecture (and other necessary) documents
• Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with the users
• Definition of testing needs and assistance in the testing process (performance tests)
• Assistance during relevant parts of testing, analysis, technical documentation, deployment, evaluation and reporting Used Development and configuration environment/tools:
• Java 8+, Angular (eUI- custom EC implementation)
• SOAP and REST Services, architecture based on Micro-Services API
• Databases: Oracle 11g, Postgres
• Workflow tool: Camunda
• Development tools: IntelliJ, Eclipse, SoapUI, Git, Bitbucket, Confluence, Amazon AWS Tracking tool: JIRA 3.

General Requirements Technical Experience:

• Very good knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Very good knowledge of application design and modelling tools
• Very good knowledge of applications design with relevant architecture patterns and principles
• Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming Languages and namely Java
• Good knowledge of Enterprise Architecture
• Good knowledge of Relational DBMS
• Experience with executable workflow solutions based on BPMN
• Good knowledge of interoperability technologies (eg web services, message-oriented Middleware, service oriented bus, messaging protocols AMQP, JMS)
• Good knowledge of Agile practices (use of JIRA) Personal skills:
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in a team and help newcomers to get started
• Ability to give technical presentations
• Ability to apply high quality standards
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings
• Good redaction and drafting skills
• Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture and design
• Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings: Fluent in English, knowledge of French is an asset
• Enthusiast and motivated
• Knowledge of DG EAC programmer, Grant Management or Commission IT environment and systems is an advantage
• SOA architecture principles
• Knowledge and professional experience with Angular2+ based architectures patterns
• Very good knowledge and professional experience of Oracle 11g or later, Apache Tomcat, SOAP/REST Web Services, Java SE/EE stack and JMS


• Knowledge of Git, Confluence and SVN and Continuous Integration and Deployment solutions
• Experience with cloud-based development (use of AWS)
• Micro-services development patterns and techniques
• Knowledge of container-based deployments and operations
• Knowledge of EC Corporate solutions and the Commission's IT environment is an advantage