Senior Solution Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Belgium.

📋 Description

• Design and create detailed business and technical architectures for digital solutions.

• Establish measurable non-functional requirements.

• Work closely with stakeholders to collect and analyze requirements.

• Assess and choose suitable technologies and frameworks.

• Develop and sustain Solution Context diagrams, C4 model views, API contracts, data models, threat models, and deployment diagrams.

• Ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and dependable.

• Provide guidance to development teams throughout implementation.

• Perform architecture and code reviews in accordance with enterprise standards and OWASP secure coding practices.

• Identify and address technical risks and challenges.

• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies.

• Offer technical leadership and support to development teams and stakeholders.

• Define integration patterns, data flows, and API standards utilizing OpenAPI and AsyncAPI.

• Integrate observability and resilience patterns into solution designs.

• Support security architectures that involve identity management, secrets handling, encryption, and STRIDE threat modelling.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of experience in IT.

• Must be an EU national for access to sensitive data.

• Expertise in systems and software architecture design.

• Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, and OVH.

• Understanding of enterprise applications and middleware.

• Proficient in microservices architecture and API management, including REST, GraphQL, and OpenAPI.

• Knowledge of database management systems and data modelling.

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java and Python.

• Understanding of cybersecurity principles and standards, including ISO 27001, OWASP, and Zero Trust.

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols.

• Understanding of observability and monitoring practices.

• Knowledge of architecture governance and documentation practices.

• Proven experience with AXON Server, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.

• Demonstrated experience with an API Gateway such as WSO2 API, Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Gateway, or Google Cloud Apigee.

• In-depth knowledge of CSDR.

• Ability to collaborate across teams and articulate architectural concepts.

• Capacity to engage stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure buy-in.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work from EU countries.

• Access to sensitive-data work due to EU-national eligibility.