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;