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;