Experienced Solution Architect required to join a Leading client, onsite in Amsterdam.

The design and communication of end-to-end solutions to enable and guide the design and development

of integrated solutions across multiple platforms that meet current and future business needs.

Professional qualifications

• BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates
• Relevant professional qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (e.g.Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce)

Role specific experience

• Proven record in designing and delivering end-to-end business solutions implemented across multiple components, platforms and technologies (both cloud and on-prem);
• Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Scrum and other lean techniques);
• Strong knowledge Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, Microsoft SharePointOnline Experience in working with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules (IT Operations Management Visibility, IT Service Management
• Professional and Customer Service Modules) is desired

Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

• Lead the creation and review of an end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business. Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.
• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
• Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives and approvals.
• Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the domain design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements. Identify and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
• Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented.
• Assess and manage associated risks.
• Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives.
• Provide effort / cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
• Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.
• Collaborates strongly with architects in developing the solution, by applying the architectural principles

Topic Description

• Partner with Platform Architects and Managers from the Strategic Platforms department in order to assess and optimise domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform
• architecture.
• Partner with the Enterprise Architect to ensure that the domain architecture fits into the broader enterprise architecture.
• Partner with Customer Portfolio Leads from the Customer Advocacy in order to assess and incorporate business needs and requirements to build these into technical solutions and platform architecture,
• Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements;
• Collaborates with Business Analysis function in identifying and preventing risks from the requirements gathering phase and all through the lifecycle

  Experienced Solution Architect required to join a Leading client, onsite in Amsterdam.

  The design and communication of end-to-end solutions to enable and guide the design and development

  of integrated solutions across multiple platforms that meet current and future business needs.

  Professional qualifications

• BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates
• Relevant professional qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (e.g.Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce)

• Role specific experience

• Proven record in designing and delivering end-to-end business solutions implemented across multiple components, platforms and technologies (both cloud and on-prem);
• Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Scrum and other lean techniques);
• Strong knowledge Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, Microsoft SharePointOnline Experience in working with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules (IT Operations Management Visibility, IT Service Management
• Professional and Customer Service Modules) is desired

• Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

• Lead the creation and review of an end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business. Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.
• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
• Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives and approvals.
• Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the domain design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements. Identify and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
• Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented.
• Assess and manage associated risks.
• Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives.
• Provide effort / cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
• Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.
• Collaborates strongly with architects in developing the solution, by applying the architectural principles

• Topic Description

• Partner with Platform Architects and Managers from the Strategic Platforms department in order to assess and optimise domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform
• architecture.
• Partner with the Enterprise Architect to ensure that the domain architecture fits into the broader enterprise architecture.
• Partner with Customer Portfolio Leads from the Customer Advocacy in order to assess and incorporate business needs and requirements to build these into technical solutions and platform architecture,
• Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements;
• Collaborates with Business Analysis function in identifying and preventing risks from the requirements gathering phase and all through the lifecycle of the solution
• Support continuous knowledge transfer to team members and transparent approach in sharing risks/issues/dependencies
• Autonomous in managing activities based on priorities given by the Project Manager
• Report outcome of testing through the relevant tools
• Identify potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements;
• Experience working with key users in a fast paced and changing business environment to design and develop software that meets business needs;
• Experience of the full development lifecycle of complex large scale and multiuser applications;
• Production of the relevant technical documentation, such as system designs, class designs and documentation for the support team;
• Capacity to assist the support team in training the users of the system;
• A strong technical background, specifically the delivery of complex software systems;
• Knowledge in IT Service Management and/or Risk frameworks, and/or international standards.

• Please don’t hesitate to apply for further details.

  of the solution
• Support continuous knowledge transfer to team members and transparent approach in sharing risks/issues/dependencies
• Autonomous in managing activities based on priorities given by the Project Manager
• Report outcome of testing through the relevant tools
• Identify potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements;
• Experience working with key users in a fast paced and changing business environment to design and develop software that meets business needs;
• Experience of the full development lifecycle of complex large scale and multiuser applications;
• Production of the relevant technical documentation, such as system designs, class designs and documentation for the support team;
• Capacity to assist the support team in training the users of the system;
• A strong technical background, specifically the delivery of complex software systems;
• Knowledge in IT Service Management and/or Risk frameworks, and/or international standards.

Please don’t hesitate to apply for further details.

Exciting long-term contract opportunity for a Salesforce Application Security Expert to work with a reputable global client.

The role is fully REMOTE!

The selected Salesforce Application Security Expert will work in one of three centers of excellence (CoE), consisting of several teams that together build the front office application. You will help orchestrate security in the CoEs and provide them with guidelines on the security requirements that we have from and ensure they adhere to them. To this end, you will work with the different development teams (squads) in the COEs and for instance support them with secure design patterns, help them understand the impact of design decisions and ensure a standard security approach over the teams.

You are capable of managing meetings with all kinds of stakeholders (business, marketing). You will work closely with other CoEs in the organisation, as well as with our Operating Companies to orchestrate security in the solution that we deliver.

Your role:

• Perform threat modelling on the business processes being modeled
• Ensuring security by design in the architectural design patterns 
• Evaluate the performance of development teams in relation to Security by Design
• Working with internal and external stakeholders on all levels to map security requirements and support integrating them in the designs and products
• Ensure the setup and implementation of a secure ecosystem with the Salesforce front office as your main responsibility
• Setup a Security Operations Center together with your Security Colleagues of the other CoEs for the front office and make sure that the correct Operating Model is implemented

Skills and experience required:

• master’s/Bachelor’s degree in Information technology or equivalent qualification
• thorough knowledge of salesforce, software development in salesforce and integrating with salesforce
• knowledge of security patterns for web technology
• understanding of modern full stack solutions, RESTful APIs and data modeling
• understanding of automated software delivery (CI/CD) 
• vendor/stakeholder management
• requirements analysis
• 5-7 years of experience a as security specialist
• 5-7 years of experience in a global corporate environment
• information security and data privacy
• experience with salesforce is a must
• experience in complex stakeholder management
• demonstrated ability to think strategically about security, business, product, and technical challenges
• Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Please send your CV ASAP or get in touch for further details on this exciting remote contract opportunity!

Scrum Master required for a 6 months contract opportunity with a Belgium based client.

The selected Scrum Master will help the team and the organisation to apply agile methodologies in order to provide added value to the customer and guide the team to become self-organising and work in a multidisciplinary way.

Required Responsibilities:

• Removes impediments and prevents distraction so that the team can come up with the best possible solution to achieve the sprint goals
• Assist with inside and outside communication of the team with the purpose to maximize transparent and valuable information
• Support the product owner with the maintenance of the product backlog
• Facilitate the rituals and discipline the team in doing so: backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand-up, sprint review, sprint retrospective
• Guides the team to become self-steering regarding the use of methods and techniques for the team to achieve tangible results
• Ensure transparency towards stakeholders (product owner, PMO, Management Team)

Skills & Experience required:

• 10 years in IT deliveries
• 5 years in scrum and agile management
• Knowledge of the SAFe principles is an asset
• Kanban
• XP
• CI/CD
• Lean

Send your CV ASAP or get in touch for further details

Contract opportunity for an experienced Agile Coach to join a Global Client in the Financial Services Sector based in Belgium.

Full time, onsite in Belgium

75 Euros per hour

English speaking

Essential skills:

Demonstrating strong knowledge of and background with Agile concepts

Minimum 5 years’ experience in practicing Agile

Prior experience (minimum 4 years) coaching teams in Agile adoption

Experience coaching multiple agile teams, Product Owners and Scrum Masters

Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Iteration Manager, Scrum Master, Team Leader or Project Manager in complex agile programs

Familiar with agile tools and engineering practices.

Experience facilitating, training and mentoring individuals and teams

Having some hands on DevOps experience is a plus

Desirable skills:

• Coaching certification
• Methodology and / or role specific certification such as Scrum Master, Kanban or SAFE
• Experience coaching at large organizations
• Specialist in either process (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) or technical (e.g. TDD, Agile Architecture) coaching

Please get in touch for further details on this excellent contract opportunity.

An excellent long term contract opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst from a medical/pharmaceutical background with relevant qualifications in business analysis and/or business process analysis and modelling (eg Object Management Group (OMG) Certified Expert in BPM, Six Sigma Black Belt or higher, BABoK)

Essential skills/experience

• At least 8 years of demonstrable experience of business and systems analysis in complex IT project (for organisations with more than 500 persons and in a complex architectural landscape);
• At least 3 years of experience in supporting projects using Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365;
• Proven experience in business transformation projects;
• Proven experience in business and systems analysis in the context of agile software delivery, eg. KANBAN.
• Desirable skills/experience
• Experience of working on high visibility projects in traditional environments with strong project governance (eg highly regulated environments)
• Experience in producing defining and documenting Product and Services Roadmaps
• Experience with JIRA SDLC

Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

• Facilitating and supporting the identification and design by business stakeholders of beneficial changes to business processes, enabled by IT solution design (IT-enabled business transformation)
• AS-IS and TO-BE Business process modelling
• Structured Requirements capture and analysis in the form of User Stories
• Translating business requirements into system requirements with the level of precision and quality required for a development team
• Management of a Product Backlog (Epics, User Stories, Bugs) in Atlassian JIRA
• Persuasive communication to business stakeholders to achieve buy-in for IT solution designs that enable business objectives
• Data and Entity Relationship Modelling (ER)
• Information flow modelling
• Excellent skills to design mock-ups and wireframes, navigation models, user journeys
• Critical thinking and structured, analytical approach to problem solving
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Please get in touch for further details.

Excellent 6 month contract opportunity to join a leading telecommunications company based in Belgium. English speaking role.

You will be responsible for collecting, analysing and storing large data sets through state-of-the-art big data capabilities and technologies.

As a Big Data Engineer you’ll be in a driving seat to guide strategic decision-making within our company, make a difference to the customer’s entertainment, communication and future digital experiences, and drive new business development.

In your role you will be working closely together with Big Data architecture to set strategic direction for client big data.

Big Data Technology: You constantly maintain an overview of the Big Data landscape, allowing yourself to advise on new technologies where needed. We need someone that is has in depth expertise with regards to Scala, Spark, Structured Streaming and Kafka Streams.

• Clear Communication: You can effectively and diplomatically communicate ideas to your target audience, i.e. from architect to C-level executive.
• Pragmatic: You are pragmatic in your approach. You use the right techniques to provide the needed quality and detail while avoiding complex solutions.
• Project management: You are able to manage large projects autonomously and monitor scope, time, quality and budget at all times. You can take decisions and solve problems independently within budget of a project and take end to end ownership.
• Team player: You should put the team’s objectives above yours and take the initiative to get things done without waiting to be asked.
• Agile: You have experience with agile ways of working and can take the lead in a project based on Kanban principles.
• Coaching: You can easily share your knowledge with other team members and can take up a coaching role when necessary.

Please get in touch for further details.

Endeavour is looking for an Agile Project Leader to join a global, reputable client, in the financial services industry, for an excellent 6 months contract opportunity.

The successful candidate will have at least 3 years demonstrable experience as an Agile coach and will have worked on projects using the Spotify model.

This role will be based 50% UK and 50% Belgium, so readiness to travel between UK and Belgium is essential.

Required skills / experience:

• Provide sit-in coaching & feedback to Agile squads during planning sessions
• daily checkpoints, retrospectives etc
• Identify & implement appropriate Agile techniques to improve the squads Agility
• Experience with Scrum & Kanban & Continuous Integration tools as a coach & practitioner
• Experience with Agile product management

Please, get in touch ASAP for further details about this exciting opportunity!

Endeavour Recruitment has an superb opportunity for a Cloud native developer  to join our leading client based in Leuven (Belgium). This is a 12 month contract with possible extension, paying a  daily rate of €400 all-inclusive based on a 40-hour week.

Requirements of the project

You will need to be a creative mind, a critical and outside of the box thinker showing a degree of flexibility and able to function in a sociable and creative environment.

The highly skilled, enthusiastic, communicative developer will build applications with a cloud native design in function incorporating flexible releases and integration with cloud eco-systems.

In-depth experience and knowledge as a Senior Java engineer with the ability to build and design the backend services and technical capabilities in a logical process.

The developer will work together in a multi-functional team to automatize build-integration-deploy-test processes and build functional, qualitative applications. 

Focus on the base layer of the newly designed platform, adopting the best technologies to apply.

Evaluation on how to build and maintain the different components of this layer will be undertaken  during the design and build of the new platform.

An ability to clearly communicate with project teams and stakeholders within the business is essential for this role, therefore a positive attitude and focus to keep motivation high when challenged will be a benefit to this role. 

Detail orientated individuals with good in multitasking abilities when working under strict deadlines will succeed in this role. 

A fluency in English is essential  and the ability to speak Dutch is a positive benefit in this role.

Essential skills and experience required for the role.

• A determination to keep up to date with the latest web technologies
• Expertise in object-oriented en-functional programming in modern programming languages
• Relevant experience in the following technologies: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Javascript Angular (2), Maven, Jenkins, Git, Virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes), …
• Database knowledge and experience: PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL (mongoDB, …)
• Java frameworks like spring/springboot and cloud related databases (SQL and No-SQL). For a few pilot applications (K ‘ching and Appyourservice).
• Expertise with front end and RESTful webservices, JSON, …
• Very good knowledge of software development best practices
• Design patterns
• Unit testing, continuous integration, build pipelines (grunt, gulp)
• Code analyses (Sonar)
• Experience in an Agile environment (Scrum, kanban)
• A passion for coding and end-to-end development.

This is a stunning opportunity to create the foundation of a platform that will reform the client’s application landscape.

Endeavour Recruitment has an superb opportunity for a Cloud native developer  to join our leading client based in Leuven (Belgium). This is a 12 month contract with possible extension, paying a  daily rate of €400 all-inclusive based on a 40-hour week.

Requirements of the project

You will need to be a creative mind, a critical and outside of the box thinker showing a degree of flexibility and able to function in a sociable and creative environment.

The highly skilled, enthusiastic, communicative developer will build applications with a cloud native design in function incorporating flexible releases and integration with cloud eco-systems.

In-depth experience and knowledge as a Senior Java engineer with the ability to build and design the backend services and technical capabilities in a logical process.

The developer will work together in a multi-functional team to automatize build-integration-deploy-test processes and build functional, qualitative applications. 

Focus on the base layer of the newly designed platform, adopting the best technologies to apply.

Evaluation on how to build and maintain the different components of this layer will be undertaken  during the design and build of the new platform.

An ability to clearly communicate with project teams and stakeholders within the business is essential for this role, therefore a positive attitude and focus to keep motivation high when challenged will be a benefit to this role. 

Detail orientated individuals with good in multitasking abilities when working under strict deadlines will succeed in this role. 

A fluency in English is essential  and the ability to speak Dutch is a positive benefit in this role.

Essential skills and experience required for the role.

• A determination to keep up to date with the latest web technologies
• Expertise in object-oriented en-functional programming in modern programming languages
• Relevant experience in the following technologies: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Javascript Angular (2), Maven, Jenkins, Git, Virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes), …
• Database knowledge and experience: PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL (mongoDB, …)
• Java frameworks like spring/springboot and cloud related databases (SQL and No-SQL). For a few pilot applications (K ‘ching and Appyourservice).
• Expertise with front end and RESTful webservices, JSON, …
• Very good knowledge of software development best practices
• Design patterns
• Unit testing, continuous integration, build pipelines (grunt, gulp)
• Code analyses (Sonar)
• Experience in an Agile environment (Scrum, kanban)
• A passion for coding and end-to-end development.

This is a stunning opportunity to create the foundation of a platform that will reform the client’s application landscape.

Endeavour Recruitment has an superb opportunity for a Cloud native developer  to join our leading client based in Leuven (Belgium). This is a 12 month contract with possible extension, paying a  daily rate of €400 all-inclusive based on a 40-hour week.

Requirements of the project

You will need to be a creative mind, a critical and outside of the box thinker showing a degree of flexibility and able to function in a sociable and creative environment.

The highly skilled, enthusiastic, communicative developer will build applications with a cloud native design in function incorporating flexible releases and integration with cloud eco-systems.

In-depth experience and knowledge as a Senior Java engineer with the ability to build and design the backend services and technical capabilities in a logical process.

The developer will work together in a multi-functional team to automatize build-integration-deploy-test processes and build functional, qualitative applications. 

Focus on the base layer of the newly designed platform, adopting the best technologies to apply.

Evaluation on how to build and maintain the different components of this layer will be undertaken  during the design and build of the new platform.

An ability to clearly communicate with project teams and stakeholders within the business is essential for this role, therefore a positive attitude and focus to keep motivation high when challenged will be a benefit to this role. 

Detail orientated individuals with good in multitasking abilities when working under strict deadlines will succeed in this role. 

A fluency in English is essential  and the ability to speak Dutch is a positive benefit in this role.

Essential skills and experience required for the role.

• A determination to keep up to date with the latest web technologies
• Expertise in object-oriented en-functional programming in modern programming languages
• Relevant experience in the following technologies: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Javascript Angular (2), Maven, Jenkins, Git, Virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes), …
• Database knowledge and experience: PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL (mongoDB, …)
• Java frameworks like spring/springboot and cloud related databases (SQL and No-SQL). For a few pilot applications (K ‘ching and Appyourservice).
• Expertise with front end and RESTful webservices, JSON, …
• Very good knowledge of software development best practices
• Design patterns
• Unit testing, continuous integration, build pipelines (grunt, gulp)
• Code analyses (Sonar)
• Experience in an Agile environment (Scrum, kanban)
• A passion for coding and end-to-end development.

This is a stunning opportunity to create the foundation of a platform that will reform the client’s application landscape.