The Commissariat General for Refugees and Stateless Persons is a federal independent administration. The mission of the CGRS is to provide protection to persons 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 CGRS examines each request for international protection in an individual, objective, and impartial manner.

Within the CGRS, a modernization trajectory has been initiated, translated within the eDossier program. This is a very ambitious program, consisting of a number of projects, with a very tight schedule. To further shape and develop the program, we are looking for strong profiles who are willing to commit to the delivery of the program, currently foreseen at least until the end of 2027.

One of the profiles we are looking for is an expert (10+ years of experience) hands-on Solution Engineer. We expect this person to be able to flawlessly and independently translate a high-level solution architecture into an implementation architecture, as well as carry out the actual implementation. You will form a team with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. In doing so, you can always rely on the knowledge and competencies of our enterprise architect.

A description of the responsibilities and competencies can be found below. If you are inspired by the basic mission of CGRS and you have a match with the responsibilities and required competencies, do not hesitate to apply.

If you are looking for a purely lead and/or advisory role, please refrain from applying. The emphasis is on analysis, design, and implementation. If you are looking for 4 days of telework, you will also be disappointed with us. To promote team spirit and the startup of initiatives, we ask you to be present in the office 3 days a week. Our offices are located next to Brussels South station.

• Degree in computer science, higher education short or long type, obtained at a recognized European college or university, is mandatory (diploma must be present together with CV within pro unity platform)
• Continuously self-educating to stay up to date with the latest sustainable trends and innovations within IT
• 10 years hands-on experience with design/definition and development of APIs
• 10 years hands-on experience with development and integration of microservices
• 10 years hands-on Java SE experience
• 5 years hands-on experience with Java SE10+
• 5 years hands-on experience with software design (cloud, API, microservice, event)
• 5 years hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and systems
• 5 years hands-on experience with cloud (native) development, preferably Azure Cloud
• 3 years hands-on experience integrating PaaS offerings, preferably Azure Cloud
• 3 years hands-on experience with the use of NoSQL databases
• 3 years hands-on experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, preferably within Azure DevOps
• 3 years hands-on experience implementing/setting up, optimizing, and maintaining development, test, acceptance, and production environments within a (hybrid) cloud, preferably Azure Cloud
• 1 year hands-on experience with Java framework Quarkus
• 5 years experience with (co-)working within agile delivery teams
• Knowledge of Event Driven and/or Behavior Driven Development is an asset
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design is an asset
• Knowledge of European interoperability is an asset
• Knowledge of existing building blocks and services within the federal government context is an asset
• Ability to propose alternative solutions and make recommendations on the choices to be made, taking the full context into account
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and able to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders

I. Languages

Due to the nature of the responsibilities and the client base (bilingual working environment), as well as our internal way of working, a good knowledge of English, as well as Dutch or French, is required.

II. Responsibilities

• 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 goals. You support the CGRS in delivering quality products to our clients. You work together with other engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders. Therefore, a commitment to joint problem-solving, advanced design, and delivery is essential.
• As a Solution Engineer, you must understand the entire stack & IT design solution, so that you guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, launching applications into production, and maintaining the application in collaboration with other team members.
• You use your technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos).
• You continually develop your own expertise while gathering, updating, and sharing knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.