Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field., Over 10 years of IT/Java development experience, with at least 5 years in architecture for web information systems., Proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, and continuous integration tools like Maven and Git., Fluent in English with excellent knowledge of architecture best practices and Agile methodologies..

Key responsabilities:

Design and architect new information systems and review existing system architectures.

Develop and maintain Java Spring MVC applications and coordinate technical architecture implementation.

Participate in technical meetings, providing a technical interface between project leaders and developers.

Produce software architecture documents and assist in testing, deployment, and troubleshooting technical issues.

Job description

For an European institution in Brussels, we are looking for a FULL REMOTE Senior Java Architect with +5 years of Java Architect experience. Candidates need to have +10/15 years of IT/Java development experience. Work permit is not provided.

Candidates need to be fluent in English. This position is also open for employees and contractors, who would like to commit long-term. Candidates need to be based in Europe.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Architecture and design of new information systems;
Review of the architecture of existing systems, regular maintenance and support operations;
Development and maintenance of Java Spring MVC monolith applications with JSP and JavaScript/jQuery/CSS frontend implementation;
Design of component architecture and building blocks;
Analysis of the integration of different information systems;
Development and maintenance of software applications and components;
Data analysis and data modelling;
Coordination of the implementation of the technical architecture;
Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with users;
Technical interface between the project leaders and the developers;
Production of software architecture documents;
Assistance during relevant parts of testing, analysis, technical documentation, deployment, evaluation, and reporting;
Reviewing technical documentation, code reviews and security document reviews;
Troubleshoot the technical issues in all environments (production priority one issues);
Build and deploy new releases, executing all the necessary steps;
Configuring software on local and managed environments;

Profile:

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree;
+10/15 years of IT/Java development experience;
+5 years experience in architecture for web information systems, including the design and development based on Java for web applications;
+4 years experience in continuous integration tools (e.g., Maven, Gitlab, JUnit);
+2 years experience in Oracle PL/SQL;
+2 years experience in Spring Framework;
Excellent knowledge of architecture best practices and patterns (including cloud usage, webservices);
Excellent knowledge of applications design;
Excellent knowledge of modelling tools;
Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming languages;
Excellent knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems;
Excellent knowledge of Java EE technologies and Java application servers;
Excellent knowledge of the Spring and Hibernate Frameworks;
Excellent knowledge of Agile development methodologies (such as SCRUM, Kanban);
Excellent knowledge of test automation tools (e.g., Junit, Selenium/Selenide);
Excellent knowledge of code versioning tools (e.g., Git);
Good knowledge of Linux as development environment;
Good knowledge of Java server-side templating languages (e.g., ThymeLeaf, Apache Tiles, JSP);
Good knowledge of front-end frameworks and libraries (e.g., jQuery, Angular);
Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture;
Knowledge of interoperability technology (e.g., web services SOAP/REST, message-oriented middleware, service-oriented bus, event architecture);
Knowledge of data exchange formats (XML/XSD, Json);
Fluent in English;