SOA Architect/Dutch or French speaking/Belgium

Long term contract opportunity for a Fluent French or Dutch speaking SOA Architect to join a leading client based in Brussels.

Hybrid role: 2 + days per week on site

Rate: 650 Euros per day

Required Skills and Competencies

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in this role or in an equivalent position

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Development skills (Java or other programming languages)
• WS standards (SOAP, WSDL, WS security)
• API standards (OAuth2, Swagger, JWT)
• Understanding of SOA and API principles (eg, loose coupling architecture, microservices)

SOA Design Patterns, Enterprise Integration Patterns

• Knowledge of REST principles
• Ability to understand and interpret XML/JSON transformations
• Strong technical writing skills and ability to produce high-quality documentation
• Messaging models (eg, publish-subscribe)
• Testing methodologies
• UML, BPMN
• Agile and Scrum methodology
• Scripting languages
• Development methodologies (Enterprise Unified Process, Rational Unified Process, Scrum, Kanban)
• Project methodologies (PMBOK, PRINCE2)
• TIL processes
• Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF)
• Best practices related to interoperability
• Tools and technologies: Oracle Service Bus, OBTM, Axway, WebLogic integrations, DataPower
• Web service editors (such as Eclipse) and XML editors
• Source management and version control using GIT
• Web service testing tools (SOAPUI, ReadyAPI, Postman)
• Knowledge of various client frameworks (Axis2, CXF, .NET, JAX-WS RI, Rampart)
• Jira, Confluence
• Mural, Miro
• Jenkins, Hudson, ELK stack
• Hands-on experience with web services (WSDL, SOAP, XML, XSD, XQuery, XPath, XSLT)
• Experience with the full life cycle of a web application (design - development - testing - deployment - release - support) in a service-oriented architecture
• Experience working in a Scrum sprint cycle

Please get in touch for further details.