The Commissariat General for Refugees and Stateless Persons is a federal independent administration. The mission of the CGVS is to provide protection to individuals who, if returned to their country of origin, are at risk of persecution or serious harm.

In accordance with Belgian, European, and international standards, the CGVS examines each request for international protection in an individual, objective, and impartial manner.

Within the CGVS, a modernization process has been initiated, translated within the eDossier program. It is a highly ambitious program, consisting of several projects, with a very tight schedule. To further shape and develop the program, we are looking for strong profiles who are willing to commit temporarily (fixed-term contracts, immediately terminable, extendable subject to positive evaluation) until delivery, planned at least until the end of 2028.

One of the profiles we are looking for is a Solution Engineer – Scrum/Agile Delivery Master, expert level (+10 years of experience). We are not looking for an agile coach. We are looking for a solution engineer with a Java cloud engineering background and very strong recent experience as a scrum/agile delivery master. You will join an initiative that is already ongoing, which represents a major challenge.

A description of the tasks and required competencies can be found below. You will be part of a team of very experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. The team consists entirely of expert profiles.

If you feel addressed by the core mission of the CGVS and match the tasks and required competencies, do not hesitate to apply.

If you are looking for a purely lead and/or purely advisory role, please refrain from applying. The emphasis is on hands-on coordination, follow-up, adjustment, design, and implementation. If you are looking for 4 days of remote work, you will also be disappointed with us. To foster team spirit, we ask that you are present in the office 3 days a week. Our offices are located next to Brussels South Station.

• Degree in computer science in higher education, short or long type, obtained at a recognized European college or university, is obligatory (diploma must be included together with CV within the pro unity platform)
• Continuously self-educating to stay up to date with the latest sustainable trends and innovations, primarily focusing on software/solution developments that use structured and unstructured data in hybrid cloud environments
• 10 years of hands-on experience with design/definition and development of APIs
• 10 years of hands-on experience with development and integration of microservices
• 10 years of hands-on Java SE experience
• 5 years of hands-on experience with Java SE10+
• 5 years of hands-on experience as scrum/agile delivery master, whether or not combined with the role of Java developer or software architect, within greenfield software projects with the following technologies: APIs, microservices, eventing, and cloud
• 5 years of hands-on experience with event driven architecture and systems (event sourcing and event handling)
• 5 years of hands-on experience with the implementation of agile frameworks, such as Safe and Less
• 5 years of hands-on experience with software design (cloud, API, microservices, eventing)
• 3 years of hands-on experience as scrum/agile delivery master within cloud native software projects
• 3 years of hands-on experience with Azure DevOps to manage agile software/solution delivery
• Ability to propose alternative solutions and make recommendations regarding choices to be made, taking into account the full context
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and possessing the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge and use of Behavioral or Domain Driven Design, Development, and Testing is an asset
• Knowledge of the Angular framework is an asset

I. Languages

Due to the nature of the tasks and the customer base (bilingual working environment), as well as our internal way of working, a very good (active) knowledge of English is necessary, as well as a very good knowledge of Dutch and French.

II. Tasks

• You possess a broad and diverse set of skills that enable you to design, develop, manage, and decommission IT solutions within your team's scope.
• You are an energetic Solution Engineer with a passion for IT and a positive can-do mentality. You are a team player who works as a core member of a multidisciplinary and cross-functional team with the customer as the primary driver.
• As a Solution Engineer, you contribute to achieving the team's goal. You support the CGVS in delivering quality products to our customers. You work together with other engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem-solving, advanced design, and delivery is essential.
• As a Solution Engineer, you must understand the entire stack & IT-design solution, so you guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, deploying applications to production, and maintaining the application in collaboration with other team members.
• As scrum master, you use your technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos, daily). You are responsible for (helping to) draw up a release calendar for the medium and long term for the various initiatives. In doing so, you also take into account external dependencies. As a result, you not only focus on the short term but are also able to make future-oriented projections.
• You continuously develop your own expertise while collecting, updating, and sharing knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.
• Your strong analytical and problem-solving skills enable you to tackle complex challenges and deliver effective solutions.
• You enjoy working in a team and can communicate well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to fully understand and meet the needs of the project.
• Although you work in a team, you have sufficient maturity to work independently and proactively.