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Digital Platform Architect

Brussels

  • Organization: EUROCONTROL - Supporting European Aviation
  • Location: Brussels
  • Grade: Mid level - AD-7-8, Open to citizens of one of ECTL's 41 Member States
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • Design (digital, product, graphics or visual design)
  • Closing Date: Closed

  • Function title: Digital Platform Architect
  • Reference: NOC-NM-2021-AD/372
  • Location: Brussels - Information about living in Brussels
  • Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
  • Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
  • Grades for publication: AD7-8 - Check salary simulations for the basic grade
  • Type of post: Administrator (AD5-AD12 )
  • Number of posts: 1
  • Duration: 5 Year (s)
  • Security clearance: EU/NATO SECRET
  • Directorate/Service: NMD/TEC/IAS - IT Strategy & Architecture Unit
  • Competition publication date: 11/11/2021
  • Competition closing date: 09/12/2021 (23:59 Brussels time)
  • Reserve list: Applicable - See details in the "Useful information" section

Your team

Within the Network Management Directorate ,  "Technology" develops and maintains NMD's mission-critical systems, including all NM ops systems, the related communications facilities and technical infrastructure, and supports the Agency's IT solutions and services (excluding Maastricht Center).

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Lead Architecture activities related to the Digital Platform .and develop and coordinate Architecture roadmaps and plans.
• Develop integration, automation and deployment strategies in line with the TEC I&T strategy and transformation plans.
• Collaborate with the IT architects, IT Operations, Information Security and Service provider teams to build technical solutions leveraging modern technologies.
• Oversee the Digital Platform governance interactions and ensure integration with the TEC Architecture governance.
• Analyse technical requirements, comprehend problems and identify opportunities to build fit for purpose technology solutions.
• Create awareness and promote modern integration technologies and service offerings, facilitate adoption of Digital Products.
• Keep up to date with latest technological advancements in field of expertise.
• Carry out any other tasks with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

  • Completed university studies of 4 years.
  • Internal candidates should check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience.
  • System or Integration Architect credentials such as Open Shift Solution Architect would be an asset.
  • Experience and knowledge on the following concepts: 
    System/Product integration (e.g. API Manager/API Gateway, Messaging (Messaging Patterns and Message Brokers), Event streaming (e.g. Kafka), Service Mesh (e.g. Istio), Serialization Protocols (e.g. Avro, Google Protocol Buffers), Logging & Monitoring - Log aggregation, metrics, visualization, alerting (in particular ELK stack)).
    Product Deployment (e.g. Cloud solutions: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (in particular on Microsoft Azure), Containers and Container Orchestration (Docker, Kubernitis, Openshift), Software delivery pipeline automation (e.g. Jenkins)).
    Security (e.g. Identity and Access Management (IAM and CIAM) (e.g. Okta), Standards: OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, Secret/Certificate Management, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)).
  • Team Work: Fosters team work.
  • Influencing: Tailors style and approach to impact others.
  • Analytical skills: Applies methodical approach to complex information.
  • Problem Solving: Solves complex problems and provides effective solutions.
  • Quality focus: Sets and fosters high-quality standards.
  • Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
  • Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
  • The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1/C2.  The selected candidate will be required to become basic users of French (A1/A2) before the end of the probation period. The levels relate to the Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR) Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

     



Useful information

  • Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
  • This is an appointment for a determined period of 5 Year (s). It could be extended up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the external candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of his/her degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
  • Internal candidates appointed to an established post or for an undetermined period: If successful, the staff member will be appointed under the conditions set out above, while maintaining the previous terms of employment regarding his/her appointment (whether for an undetermined period or to an established post). At the end of the period of  employment as mentioned above, if the assignment to this post is not extended or its duties do not become of a lasting nature, the staff member will, in accordance with the service regulations, be transferred to another post corresponding to his/her last type of post, grade and function group.
  • Internal candidates appointed for determined period: If successful, the person will continue his/her current type of appointment if compliant with duration limits laid down in Annex Xb of the Staff Regulations/General Conditions of Employment.
  • The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade in the function group and to the type of post indicated in the vacancy notice, or, if a group of grades has been published, in principle at the basic grade.
  • In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the closing date of applications .
  • Information on salary and benefits can be found on the web page: http://jobs.eurocontrol.int/what-we-offer
  • EUROCONTROL is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunities. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
  • Candidates should read the tips on how to apply. Item 1 includes information on the EUROCONTROL competency models (technical & behavioural) – Candidates should refer to the behavioural competency model to know the behaviours expected for the different levels.
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