IT Architect

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Design and further develop complex, modular enterprise applications and systems
  
• Define system and software architecture for scalable and maintainable solutions
  
• Design and implement systems and microservices using BDD, DDD and CQRS
  
• Apply architecture patterns including Hexagonal Architecture, Onion Architecture, layered, event-driven and multi-tier architecture
  
• Design, build and secure RESTful APIs and web services
  
• Work with microservices and distributed systems
  
• Support architecture around asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe technologies such as Apache Kafka and JMS
  
• Design solutions using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or OVH
  
• Work with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
  
• Ensure security, observability, reliability and maintainability of the designed solutions
  
• Cooperate with development teams working across front-end, back-end, cloud and infrastructure
  

Requirements

• Senior-level experience in IT / Solution / Software Architecture
  

• Strong System Design and Architecture background
  

• Experience with BDD (Behaviour Driven Development) and DDD (Domain Driven Design)
  

• Microservices and distributed systems architecture
  

• REST APIs and web services
  

• Docker and Kubernetes
  

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or OVH)
  

• English – minimum B2 (C1 preferred)
  

• Legal eligibility to work within the EU
  

• Availability for occasional business trips to Brussels (up to 5 days per quarter)
  

• Education and experience requirements:
  

  • Master's degree (EQF Level 7) + minimum 15 years of professional IT experience, OR
    

  • Bachelor's degree (EQF Level 6) + minimum 17 years of professional IT experience
    

Nice to Have

• CQRS, Hexagonal Architecture, Onion Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture
  

• Apache Kafka, JMS and asynchronous messaging
  

• Java, Python, Spring Boot, Hibernate
  

• WebLogic Application Server, JEE, EJB
  

• Angular, React, Bootstrap, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  

• Database management and data modelling
  

• Identity, security and networking concepts
  

• Observability: monitoring, tracing and logging
  

• System Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles
  

• Agile / Scrum experience
  

• French language
  

• Experience with large-scale enterprise and cloud-native systems
  

Benefits