Senior Java Architect - Fully remote - Contractor

Job Title

FULL REMOTE Senior Java Architect

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. Candidates need to be based in Europe. Tasks and responsibilities include 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; troubleshooting 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.