Cloud & Interoperability Architect

Location: Remote from an EU Member State; occasional on-site presence in Brussels may be required with advance notice. Candidates must work during standard Brussels business hours.

Company

hirify.global delivers large-scale digital solutions and long-term technology projects for European institutions.

What you will do

• Define architectures and technical designs for complex information systems in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Design and develop Java-based application components, reusable building blocks, microservices, REST APIs and integration services.
• Design secure, scalable interoperability solutions connecting systems managed by different organisations.
• Design, optimise and integrate database layers, including data analysis, modelling, physical design and stored procedures.
• Build CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes, and contribute to testing, deployment, evaluation and technical reporting.
• Produce architecture documentation, participate in technical working groups and support the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• At least 15 years of professional IT experience with a Master’s degree, or 17 years with a Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in application and cloud architecture projects, and at least 10 years in application design and business process analysis.
• At least 5 years of professional experience with Java and Hibernate.
• At least 5 years of experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
• At least 5 years of experience with CI/CD pipelines using Maven, Bamboo and GitLab CI.
• At least 5 years of experience with Git and GitLab workflows, including branching and merge requests.
• At least 5 years of experience with JPA, Spring Security and Spring Boot.
• Strong experience producing architecture and technical design documentation.
• English proficiency at C1 level or above.

Nice to have

• AWS cloud adoption and migration experience; knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Angular, Spring Cloud, OpenAPI, Swagger and API Gateway solutions.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault, SonarQube, Dynatrace, OWASP security tools, Splunk, Logstash or Logback.
• Knowledge of encryption techniques, secure application architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience with AI-assisted code analysis or development tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Long-term assignment for a European institution in a multicultural environment.
• Remote work from an EU Member State with occasional Brussels on-site attendance.
• Availability during standard Brussels business hours is required.
• Expected project duration is up to four years.
• Compliance with security and confidentiality requirements applicable to European institutional environments is required.