Application Architect SOA & BPMN

For a project with the European Commission we are looking for an Application Architect.

CONTEXT/INTRODUCTION

This specific contract is for the provision of consulting services for the decision making

process projects, in particular e-Greffe, CIS-Net, Vista, ECI, Argus and NOAH.

The e-Greffe application participates in the decisional process of the Commission, being the joint point of the procedures coming from different sources. This application mainly enables the submission of acts and their successive revisions in an electronic way.

The Argus project supports the European Commission in the establishment of a general rapid alert system in order to enhance the capacity of the institution to react quickly, efficiently and in a coordinated manner to multi-sectorial crisis that require actions at the European level.

The NOAH application is a tool supporting the implementation of the business continuity plans of the Commission.

The Vista application is a communication system internal to the commission enabling to publish all official documents and procedures.

The ECI project supports European citizens in taking the initiative of inviting the Commission to submit any appropriate proposal on matters where they consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties. The ECI project serves as a platform between the Commission, the organisers of citizens' initiatives and the citizens and allows the organisers to register their proposed citizens' initiative.

The goal of the CIS-Net project is to provide an in-house workspace for managing the interservice consultation procedure including the managing of the related documents and supporting the workflow defined by the business processes. Some activities could have to be performed in the context of the ISA program, a European Commission program on interoperability solutions for European public administrations, within the scope of the above mentioned projects.

DESCRIPTION OF TASKS

- Architecture and design of new information systems.
- Review of the architecture of existing systems
- Design of component architecture and building blocks
- Analysis of the integration of different information systems
- Follow up of the data analysis and Datamodelling.
- Coordination of the implementation of the technical architecture
- Technical interface between the project leaders and the analysts.
- Production of software architecture documents
- Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with the users
- Assistance in the testing, the technical documentation, the deployment, the evaluation and the reporting

More specifically, this includes the following:

- Good knowledge of Enterprise Architecture
- In depth knowledge of applications design
- In depth knowledge of modelling tools (eg UML)
- Good knowledge of business process analysis
- Good knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture
- Knowledge of interoperability technology (eg web services, message oriented Middleware, service oriented bus)
- Good redaction skills.
- Ability to give technical presentations.
- Ability to apply high quality standards
- Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture and design
- Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, good communication skills.
- Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid selfstarting capability and experience in team working.

A minimum of 9 YEARS of experience in Application Architecture is required.

WORKENVIRONMENT/CONDITIONS

The consulting work will involve working at the Commission premises in Brussels.

The candidate has to have very good knowledge in French and in English to write documentation and participate to meetings and users interview.