Analyst - UML, RUP, Coldfusion, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate

ANALYST - UML, RUP, COLDFUSION, J2EE, SPRING, HIBERNATE

INTRODUCTION

The European External Action Service (EEAS) composed of around 1.600 staff members located in Headquarters in Brussels also manages the European Union network of Delegations spread all over the world.

This Delegation network, composed of more than 5.500 staff members and based in more than 130 third countries, requires corporate web based Information Systems to support its daily business management in a large range of business domains.

As stated in EEAS' ICT annual work plan, external service providers will be required to sustain its maintenance and development activities of Information Systems projects to streamline and modernize its business processes management, especially in the areas of technical analysis and automated testing activities.

Projects will cover not only EEAS's activities in Delegations but also in Headquarters.

TASKS

The tasks to be performed cover the complete life cycle of a web based information system construction and maintenance.

Under EEAS Information System Section Project Leader supervision, and in close relation with the business unit owner of the existing/future information systems, the service provider will assume and/or assist in delivering the following tasks:

Analysis of user requirements and modelling of new information systems, including prototyping,

Production of use case models using UML notations, design and analysis models, implementation models, making full use of the available UML tools,

Data analysis, Datamodelling using relational databases (eg Oracle, MySQL)

Follow-up of the developments achieved,

Technical Interface between the project leader, the application architects, and the developers,

Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with the users, including those happening outside of EEAS services at Headquarters or in EU Delegations,

Assist in estimate workloads, define plans, tasks and artefacts of projects, manage their regular follow-up, identify risks and guarantee successful results by performing daily follow up of the developments,

Assistance in the technical documentation, the technical training, the deployment, the evaluation and the reporting

Participation to missions in EU Delegations premises

WORKING ENVIRONMENT, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

The tasks to be performed, IT Section working environment, and its development projects' life cycle require the following knowledge and skills:

Very good knowledge of modelling tools and languages (eg UML),

Very good knowledge of software development methodologies (eg RUP, Agile),

Good knowledge and a proven professional experience of development environments (eg ColdFusion with FuseBox framework, J2EE with Spring/Struts frameworks) and of Relational Databases (eg Oracle) to be able to follow-up efficiently works achieved by developers,

Good knowledge of collaborative development tools (eg IBM Rational Team Concert, Rational RequisitePro, etc.),

Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application developments,

Ability to work (speaking/writing) in English for all project artifacts and meetings, and a good understanding of French,

Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication,

Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid selfstarting capability, self-motivated and experience in team working.All Information Systems projects managed by the Information Systems Section of the EEAS make full use of the Rational Unified Process methodology as well as Rational Team Concert, Rational Software analyzer, Rational Functional Tester, Rational Quality Manager, and RequisitePro tools.