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, risk 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 process 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 temporarily until 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 actually implement it. You will form a team with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated individuals. You can always rely on the knowledge and competencies of our enterprise architect.

A description of the tasks and required competencies can be found below. If you feel 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 emphasis is on analysis, design, and implementation. If you are looking for four days of teleworking, you will also be disappointed. To foster team spirit and the startup of the initiatives, we ask for your presence 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 present together with CV within the pro unity platform)
• Continuously updating oneself to stay informed of the latest sustainable trends and innovations within IT
• 10 years of hands-on experience with design/definition and development of APIs
• 10 years of hands-on experience with development and integration of microservices
• 10 years of hands-on experience with Java SE
• 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 with integrating PaaS offerings, preferably Azure Cloud
• 3 years of hands-on experience with the use of NoSQL databases
• 3 years of hands-on experience with implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, preferably within Azure DevOps
• 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
• 1 year of hands-on experience with the Java framework Quarkus
• 5 years of experience collaborating 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 make recommendations regarding choices to be made, taking into account the complete context
• 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 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. Task Package

• You have a broad and diverse set of competencies that enable you to design, develop, manage, and dismantle 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 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, 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 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 continually develop your own expertise while gathering, updating, and sharing knowledge about new tools & practices within the team.

III. The Interview

Based on the pre-selection of the Pro Unity platform, candidates are invited for an individual interview. During the interview, soft skills and motivation will be assessed, as well as understanding of the role and hard skills (required competencies, level of experience, level of expertise, language skills).

Invitations for interviews are sent out in waves/batches of a maximum of 5 people. If no candidate from a wave or batch is selected by the jury, candidates from the next wave are invited for an individual interview. This process is repeated until the jury has selected a candidate.