Senior Solution Architect

Background:

eu-LISA is the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) manages large-scale IT systems to support the implementation of asylum, border management and migration policies in the European Union (EU). The Agency is also a front-runner for the digitalisation efforts of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs domain, building a new information architecture and contributing to the development of a new security ecosystem. Since the Agency’s beginnings in 2012, eu-LISA has become the digital engine of the Schengen Area. With its activities and tasks, the Agency adds value to the EU Member States by supporting their efforts towards justice, security and freedom.

Task description:         

• Very good knowledge and experience in grasping the technical requirements and designing (in collaboration with the stakeholders) a suitable architectural solution;
• 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
• Work with SOA development team to implement SOA components
• Participate in team reviews of design artifacts and code, make changes as required, and recommend alternative solutions where appropriate
• Design, code, unit test, system test, performance test, debug, implement, and support application systems either through 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 code and deliver 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.

Education:       

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

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 9 years of IT professional experience, of which
• 5 years’ experience with SOA Platform Architecture and Development, including 2 years working with Oracle database

Additional needed qualification, knowledge and skills:         

• Open Group TOGAF (level 1 and 2) certification advantageous (in depth knowledge of the framework) together with knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Strong problem solving skills and knowledge of WebLogic suite 11g
• Experience with Linux, UNIX or AIX Enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of Service Oriented Architectures
• Strong background in systems architecture and relevant technologies, including portal technologies, middleware technologies, and J2EE
• 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 regards to: BPEL, UML, WSDL, JDBC, SQL, XML/XSL, SOAP,WebServices
• WebServices Manager experience
• Significant knowledge and experience 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
• Security, Logging, Auditing, Policy Management and Performance Monitoring and KPI for end-to-end process execution
• Expertise in interoperability standards and methods