• Design the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) tier;

• Participate in design sessions with project staff as required;

• Build business processes to support orchestration of web services;

• Participate in team reviews of design artifacts and code, make changes as required, and recommend alternative solutions where appropriate;• Design and participate (contribute to the drafting of use cases) in the new development of systems, enhancement of existing systems, or 3rd party products;

• Work with technical and functional teams to ensure effective delivery of systems;

• Use software development methodologies and standards as defined by organization to effectively design systems;

• Work with technical teams within group as well as outside group to ensure effective delivery;

• Follow established processes for configuration and release management to ensure that all project artifacts are managed, integrated, and versioned according to standards.

• Minimum 4 years of relevant education (master or equivalent) after the secondary school.

• Minimum 9 years of IT professional experience, of which

• 3 years of experience with SOA Platform Architecture and Development.

• Very good knowledge and experience in grasping the technical requirements and designing (in collaboration with the stakeholders) a suitable architectural solution;

• Strong problem solving skills and knowledge;

• Experience with Linux, UNIX or AIX Enterprise environment;

• Strong understanding of Service Oriented Architectures, with proven experience in designing SOA tiers;

• Strong background in systems architecture middleware technologies;

• Strong skills in Services Design Best Practices, Service Performance Monitoring, Service Performance Tuning, Service Interface Specifications;

• Object Oriented skills using open architecture standards, as well as best practices, design principles and techniques with regard to: BPEL, UML,

WSDL, JDBC, SQL, XML/XSL, SOAP, Webservices;

• Significant knowledge and experience in designing and developing Enterprise Service Bus/SOA/Integration Tier Architecture (BPEL/Business Process Orchestration, Webservices, J2EE);

• Knowledge of SOA Design patterns for building middleware systems ground up using Message Routing, Content Enrichment, Message Filtering,

Message Transformation, Guaranteed delivery, Message sequencing, Batch message processing, error handling and reconciliation mechanisms; • Architecture knowledge about Security, Logging, Auditing, Policy Management and Performance Monitoring and KPI for end-to-end process execution;

• Expertise in implementing enterprise architecture standards and methods;

• Understanding of network and system architecture.

• Knowledge of microservice architecture.

• Strong knowledge of container platform.

• Knowledge of architecture design tool (eg Sparx Enterprise Architect).

Key Skills and Competencies for the Role:

Enterprise Architecture (EA):

Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Proficiency in ArchiMate, BPMN, and UML modeling techniques.

EA repository management and modeling governance.

Data Architecture & Real-Time Systems:

Design and support of microservice-based architectures.

Expertise in Apache Kafka (including Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Zookeeper).

Cloud & Infrastructure:

Understanding of Azure cloud services and on-premises deployment strategies.

Support for secure API design and inter-system authentication flows.

Requirements Management & Stakeholder Collaboration:

Bridging the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams.

Project & Transition Support:

Experience in knowledge transfer and onboarding new resources.

Strong documentation and communication skills to support transitions and continuity.

Ability to navigate multi-stakeholder environments with contractors, Member States, and EC stakeholders.

Delivery mode: On-Site (Strasbourg, France)

Deadline 19/05/25 at 11:30 CET