Profile Description Expert Solution Engineer eDossier

The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons is a federal independent administration. The mission of the CGRS is to provide protection to persons who, in the event of return 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 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 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 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 its actual implementation. You will form a team with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. In this, you can always rely on the knowledge and competencies of our enterprise architect.

A description of the task package and competencies can be found below. If you feel addressed by the CGRS’s core mission and have a match with the task package and required competencies, do not hesitate to apply.

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

• Degree in computer science, short or long type of higher education, obtained from a recognized college or university within the European Union, is mandatory (diploma must be present along with CV within pro unity platform),
• Continuously keeping oneself updated to stay informed on the latest sustainable trends and innovations, with a focus on cloud native engineering and development,
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience with design/definition and development of APIs,
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience with development and integration of microservices,
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience with Java SE,
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Java SE10+,
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with software design (cloud, API, microservice, event),
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and systems,
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with cloud (native) development, preferably Azure Cloud,
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with integrating PaaS offerings, preferably Azure Cloud,
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with the use of NoSQL databases,
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, preferably within Azure DevOps,
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with implementing/setting up, optimizing, and maintaining development, test, acceptance, and production environments within a (hybrid) cloud, preferably Azure Cloud,
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience with Java framework Quarkus,
• At least 5 years of experience with (collaborating) within large agile delivery teams,
• Ability to propose alternative solutions and make recommendations regarding choices to be made, taking into account the complete context,
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and possessing the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders,
• 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.

I. Languages

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

II. Task Package

• 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 customers. You collaborate 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 that you guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, bringing 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 continuously develop your own expertise while gathering, updating, and disseminating knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.