Enterprise Java Architect - Relocation to Brussels

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For an European institution in Brussels, Belgium, we are looking for an Enterprise Java Architect - Relocation to Brussels. 

Candidates need to be based in Belgium or willing to relocate to Brussels when coming from abroad.

Candidates need to be fluent in English. A work permit is required, but not provided. This position is open for contractors.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation of information systems to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality;
  
• Prepare and maintain project and quality plans, tracking activities against the plan and providing regular and accurate reports;
  
• Manage the change control procedure, gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors;
  
• Create, maintain, prioritize, and sequence the product backlog based on business value and return on investment;
  
• Participate in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with users;
  
• Collaborate with Business Owners and Users to collect requirements and use cases;
  
• Analyze and develop the integration of different information systems;
  
• Create business architecture models that align with the organization’s strategies and goals;
  
• Provide guidance on business architecture and systems processing;
  
• Produce software architecture documentation;
  

Profile:

• Master’s Degree in IT;
  
• +13 years of experience in IT;
  
• Good knowledge of project management standards and methodologies such as PM2 and Agile;
  
• Solid knowledge and understanding of Business analysis and functional analysis;
  
• Proficiency in Business Process Modeling and UML;
  
• Strong knowledge of secure application design and development;
  
• Experience with Java tools and frameworks: Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Hibernate;
  
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services (WSDL, SOAP, REST, etc.);
  
• Familiarity with Front-end frameworks: Grails, Angular, JQuery, Bootstrap or similar;
  
• Experience with Continuous integration: Jenkins, Hudson, Maven, Bamboo, Fisheye, Crucible, JUnit or similar;
  
• Fluent in English;