The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons is a federal independent administration. The mission of the CGRS is to offer 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 CGRS examines each application for international protection individually, objectively, and impartially.

Within the CGRS, a modernization process has been initiated, embodied in 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 seeking strong profiles who are willing to commit to the delivery of the program, currently planned 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 flawlessly and independently translate a high-level solution architecture into an implementation architecture, as well as to actually implement it. You will form a team with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. You can always rely on the knowledge and skills of our enterprise architect.

A description of the tasks and required competencies can be found below. If you are inspired by the core mission of the CGRS and match the tasks 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 focus is on analysis, design, and implementation. If you are looking for four days of remote work, you will also be disappointed. To foster team spirit and the startup of initiatives, we ask for attendance at the office three 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 included together with the CV in the pro unity platform)
• Continuously self-educating to stay up to date with the latest sustainable trends and innovations in IT
• 10 years of hands-on experience with the 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 with software design (cloud, API, microservice, event)
• 5 years of hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and systems
• 5 years of hands-on experience with cloud (native) development, preferably Azure Cloud
• 3 years of hands-on experience integrating PaaS offerings, preferably Azure Cloud
• 3 years of hands-on experience using NoSQL databases
• 3 years of hands-on experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, preferably within Azure DevOps
• 3 years of hands-on experience implementing/setting up, optimizing, and maintaining development, test, acceptance, and production environments within a (hybrid) cloud, preferably Azure Cloud
• 1 year of hands-on experience with the Java framework Quarkus
• 5 years of experience working within agile delivery teams
• Knowledge of Event Driven and/or Behavioral 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 formulate recommendations about choices to be made, taking the entire context into account
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and able to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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 good knowledge of English, as well as Dutch or French, is required.

II. Tasks

• You have 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 acts as a core member of a multidisciplinary and cross-functional team with the primary drive being the customer.
• As a Solution Engineer, you contribute to achieving the team's goal. You support the CGRS in delivering quality products to our customers. You work together with other engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders. Therefore, 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 you can guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, deploying applications to 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 continuously develop your own expertise while gathering, updating, and sharing knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.