The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (also known as EUROCONTROL) is an international organization headquartered in Brussels working for safe and unblemished air traffic management across Europe. The organization is seeking a highly qualified, experienced, and master Software Architect to join the company to contribute to achieving its capacity targets and sustain the growing air traffic demand.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements in close collaboration with users, evaluate, identify and design innovative software solutions to satisfy business needs;
• Lead architectural design and participate in the development of software applications as part of the ACE portfolio;
• Solve complex design matters and help development teams apply the principles of service-oriented architecture, design patterns, coding standards, and quality procedures;
• Manage projects on behalf of the Team Leader;
• Produce complex technical papers and software lifecycle documents and contribute to safety and security assessments;
• Be responsible, as a product owner, for the maintenance and evolution of the assigned software applications as part of the ACE portfolio;
• Anticipate on business issues, find creative solutions and effective strategies for implementation;
• Train members of the software development team;
• Provide input for the technical strategy regarding the evolution of the architecture of MUAC ATM systems;
• Interact with suppliers, draft requirements for outsourced software development and negotiate technical solutions;
• Perform any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science with specialization in IT, Artifical Intelligence or relevant major,
• minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience,
• Experience in data analysis (Business Intelligence tools), software architecture design, and Database Technology and Evolutions
• Knowledge of Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management
• Knowledge of Airspace Management Planning tools
• Project management and English drafting skills (technical documentation)
• Communication: Fosters two-way communication
• Teamwork: Fosters teamwork
• Planning, organizing, and problem-solving
• Customer focus: Adapts services to respond to customer needs
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviors of the Agency i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity, and team-player approach
• The working language of the Agency is English and French. For this particular post, thorough knowledge of English is required