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 CGVS 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 CGVS examines each application for international protection in an individual, objective, and impartial manner.

Within the CGVS, a modernization trajectory has been initiated, translated within the eDossier program. It 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 want to commit themselves until the completion of the program, currently foreseen 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 carry out the actual implementation. You will form a team with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. You can always rely on the knowledge and competences of our enterprise architect.

A description of the tasks and required competences can be found below. If you are inspired by the core mission of the CGVS and you match the tasks and required competences, do not hesitate to apply.

If you are looking for a pure lead and/or advisory role, please abstain. The emphasis is on analysis, design, and implementation. If you are looking for 4 days of remote work, you will also be disappointed with us. To promote team spirit and the startup of the initiatives, 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, higher education short or long type, obtained from a recognized college or university within the European Union, is mandatory (the diploma must be present together with the CV within the pro unity platform),
• Continuously self-training to stay up to date with 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 Java SE experience,
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Java SE10+,
• At least 8 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 the Java framework Quarkus,
• At least 5 years of experience with (collaborative) work within large agile delivery teams,
• Ability to propose alternative solutions and make recommendations regarding choices to be made, taking the full context into account,
• Good listener, flexible attitude, and able to communicate with both 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 Dutch or French, is necessary.

II. Task Package

• You have a broad and diverse set of competences 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 Solution Engineer, you contribute to achieving the team's objectives. You support the CGVS in delivering quality products to our customers. You work together with other engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders. Therefore, a commitment to joint problem-solving, advanced design, and delivery is essential.
• As 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.
• You use your technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos).
• You continuously develop your own expertise while collecting, updating, and sharing knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.