Horizontal activities, tooling, documentation and support Architect, remote (EU)

Horizontal activities, tooling, documentation and support Architect, remote (EU) – MAIA Position:Horizontal activities, tooling, documentation and support Architect. Location: Remote (EU). Rate: The rate offered depends on the candidate’s level, in accordance with the Commission’s public grading system and the ubication of the candidate. Further details are available upon discussion. Language: Services will be provided in English. Consultants must have at least a C1 level, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Minimum post-secundary education required: At least 5 years of studies attested by a diploma. Minimum professional experience required:a minimum of 3 years postsecondary professional experience. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain back-office tooling supporting business migrations, specifically for Grants and Experts domains. Deliver monitoring, testing and scripting tools to improve platform stability and operational efficiency. Support business developers in implementing Compass Corporate components within their processes. Produce and maintain up-to-date technical documentation. Provide 3rd-level technical support and investigate complex technical issues. Perform migration, development, testing, maintenance and documentation activities. Analyze incidents, develop fixes and contribute to platform reliability improvements. Implement automation, performance optimization and technical remediation activities. Prepare deployment artefacts and support production integration activities. Participate in PI planning, sprint activities, technical refinement sessions and stakeholder demonstrations. Contribute to technical governance, coordination meetings and decision tracking. Specific knowledge, skills and expertise: Frontend development Proficiency in HTML5, Javascript/TypeScript, CSS3 and SASS. Proficiency in Angular, including modern concepts like Signals. Good knowledge of building complex, modular client-side applications using modern. frameworks, Web Components, micro frontends and state management patterns. Experience in Web security, authentication and authorization protocols (OpenID Connect, JWT). Experience with responsive and adaptive design. Experience with leveraging Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) like AWS CloudFront to optimize asset delivery and improve application performance. · Understanding key design principles. Understanding API integration patterns (consuming REST APIs, error handling, caching strategies). Experience with dynamic UI component integration patterns (loading, event communication). Backend development Proficiency in back-end languages (Java) and experience with frameworks (Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, Axon). Experience with legacy JEE application servers and technology standards and implementations (WebLogic 14, JAXRS, JAXWS, JAXB, EJB, JMS). Experience in designing, building, automating, and securing RESTful APIs and web services, including OpenAPI/Swagger documentation. Experience with API management technologies (Consul, API Gateways, CAPI Gateway) Knowledge of cloud services (e.g., AWS) and experience with deploying and managing applications in a cloud environment. Understanding authentication and authorization protocols and standards (e.g., OpenID Connect, JWT, Client/Server Certificate). Experience with leveraging AI agent technologies during development but also integrated with applications (MCP, Skills, AmazonQ/Kiro, Spec Driven development, context engineering). Experience with workflow engine integration (Activiti, Camunda). Database & Persistence Proficiency in working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, H2DB), including writing complex SQL queries and understanding database design. Experience with NoSQL document stores (ElasticSearch, Redis) and understanding of consistency/performance trade-offs. Architecture Experience with cloud-native event-driven micro-service architecture principles and design patterns like CQRS, Saga’s. Experience with messaging solutions based on JMS and Kafka. Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tolos. Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for developing, deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting applications. DevOps & Infrastructure Experience with development and DevSecOps tooling, including version control (Git), Git workflows (GitFlow), and Understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab). Experience with collaboration tools: issue tracking (Jira) and documentation (Confluence). Experience with Observability and Performance Monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Elastic APM, Grafana, Prometeus, Zipkin, LogStash, OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry). Originally posted on Himalayas