The Commissariat General for Refugees and Stateless Persons is a federal independent administration. The mission of the CGRS is to provide protection to individuals who, upon return to their country of origin, risk persecution or serious harm. In accordance with Belgian, European, and international standards, the CGRS examines each application for international protection in an individual, objective, and impartial manner.

Within the CGRS, a modernization trajectory has been launched, translated within the eDossier program. This is a very 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 upon positive evaluation) until delivery, scheduled at least until the end of 2027.

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 with very strong recent experience as a scrum/agile delivery master. You will join an initiative that is already underway, which presents a major challenge. A description of the tasks and required competencies can be found below. You will form a team with very experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. The team consists entirely of expert profiles.

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

Anyone looking for a purely lead and/or purely advisory role, please refrain. The emphasis is on hands-on coordination, follow-up, adjustment, design, and implementation. Those looking for 4 days of telework will also be disappointed with us. To promote team spirit, we ask you to be present at the office 3 days a week. Our offices are located next to Brussels South station.

• Degree in computer science, short or long type higher education, obtained at a recognized European college or university, is mandatory (diploma must be present together with CV within the pro unity platform)
• Continuously self-educating to stay up to date with the latest sustainable trends and innovations, primarily with a focus on software/solution developments that use structured and unstructured data in hybrid cloud environments
• Hands-on experience (+10 years) with design/definition and development of APIs
• Hands-on experience (+10 years) with development of microservices, as well as their integration
• Hands-on Java SE experience (+10 years)
• Hands-on experience (+5 years) with Java SE10+
• Hands-on experience (+5 years) with event-driven architecture and systems (event sourcing and event handling)
• Hands-on experience (+5 years) with software design (cloud, API, microservices, eventing)
• Hands-on experience (+5 years) 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 (native) cloud
• Hands-on experience (+3 years) with the implementation of agile frameworks, such as Safe and Less
• Hands-on experience (+2 years) with Azure DevOps to manage agile software/solution delivery
• Ability to propose alternative solutions and to formulate recommendations regarding the choices to be made, taking into account the entire context
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and able to communicate with both 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 client 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 have a broad and diverse set of competencies that enable you to design, develop, manage, and dismantle IT solutions within the scope of your team.
• 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 CGRS in delivering quality products to our clients. 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 that you can guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, bringing applications into production, and maintaining the application in collaboration with other team members.
• As scrum master, you use technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos, daily). You are responsible for (helping to) draw up a medium and long-term release calendar for the various initiatives. In doing so, you also take external dependencies into account. As such, you do not only focus on the short term but are also able to make forward-looking projections.
• You continually develop your own expertise while gathering, 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 project's needs.
• Even though you work in a team, you have sufficient maturity to work independently and proactively.