Senior Java Solution Architect - European Commission

Senior Java Solution Architect - European Commission - Full remote

European Commission | Athens, GR | up to 10k/month | Remote only

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A Senior Java Solution Architect is needed to join a long-term project for the European Commission, to work fully remote. Are you up for it?

The challenge

Lead the Solution Architecture design and programming architectures for code efforts;
Provide top-level architectural direction and governance that strikes the balance between directing technical decisions towards alignment but not imposing restrictive unchanging standards on development teams;
Work closely with Enterprise Architect and analysts in gathering requirements and specifications from clients and users;
Determine a project’s scope before developers begin any major by conducting required studies;
Define all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards;
Provide technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers;
Provide inputs in the development of schedules and test plans, preparation of documentation based on analyst reports, and defining key project milestones;
Evaluate potential risk in projects;
Advise the project team and the client in areas such as capacity management, contingency planning, environment planning, configuration management, and other relevant tasks related to the role;
Maintain relevant documents/manuals describing the System and its infrastructure;
Review of software code and secure code in line with best practices.

Skills required

University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant discipline;
Minimum 10 years of experience in the defined area of expertise, including 6 years as a Solution Architect;
Ability to understand the IT design models and specifications to be used as a basis for the programming;
In-depth knowledge of the application programming environment considered as being mainstream for the IT project;
In-depth knowledge of and experience in TOGAF methodology;
In-depth knowledge of OWASP guidelines for the secure application design;
Knowledge of interoperability technology (e.g., web services, message-oriented middleware, service-oriented bus);
Experience of the full development lifecycle of complex large scale and multi-user applications;
Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Kanban, Scrum, and other lean techniques);
Experience with Archimate (mandatory), Sparx EA and/or TOGAF (nice to have).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Capacity in writing documents;
Excellent knowledge of English language (written and verbal);
Experience and willingness of working in an international/multicultural environment;

Salary and Conditions

Location: Athens, GR

Salary up to: 500€/day

Worksite type: Remote only

Contract type: Freelancer only

Client: European Commission

Other points of the offer

This role is full remote but some traveling might be required under normal circumstances (post COVID) in a scheme of 1 week per month or 1 week every two months to Athens, Luxembourg, Brussels (all the expenses will covered).
You will be hired by an IT consulting company that has a direct contract with the European Commission, you won't have any contract with the European Commission.

100 - Mandatory

10 years of experience

Bachelor degree

EU Nationality

Archimate

10 - Important

SOAP Web Services

TOGAF

Solution Architecture (>= 6 years)

English (Full professional (C1))

1 - Nice to have

Sparx