AISB-1083 Java Integration Developer

Abakus IT-Solutions; Brussel Hoofdstad; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Abakus IT-Solutions is seeking a software engineering expert to implement business components in the Apache Solr ecosystem for a Belgian public organisation. You will analyse requirements, estimate efforts, and develop and maintain Solr-based solutions within a Java/Spring stack.

You will follow CI/CD practices, write technical documentation, and participate in OWASP training. Remote work is allowed up to 2 days per week; main site is Charleroi, Belgium.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or Master’s in IT; master asset.
• 5+ years of IT experience including software development (design, implementation, testing, maintenance).
• Professional/Certified Scrum Master or Professional/Certified Scrum Developer certification (any date).
• Completed OWASP training (external certificate or documented internal training).

Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements and estimate effort to deliver technical solutions.
• Develop new solutions and maintain or improve existing components.
• Follow technical standards and CI practices.
• Carry out unit and integration testing; perform testing activities.
• Write technical documentation and installation guides; contribute to operations docs.
• Keep technical knowledge up to date and attend specialised training when needed.

Skills

Scrum Master certification

Scrum Developer certification

Autonomy and organisation

Team spirit

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Master’s degree in IT

Tools

JetBrains IntelliJ

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Maven

REST APIs

Unit & integration testing

OpenID Connect

SonarQube

Docker

Podman

ActiveMQ

Camel

CXF

Karaf

Job description

The role sits within the IT department of a public organisation in Belgium. The work involves implementing business components in the Apache Solr ecosystem, both for new projects and for the evolutive and corrective maintenance of existing components.

Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements set out in functional analyses, technical requests or change requests
• Estimate the effort needed to deliver technical solutions
• Develop new solutions and maintain or improve existing components
• Follow the technical standards and recommendations in place
• Carry out unit and integration testing
• Apply continuous integration principles
• Write technical documentation and installation guides, and contribute to operations documentation
• Keep technical knowledge up to date and attend specialised training when needed

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or a Master’s degree (a Master’s in IT is an asset, other fields are accepted)
• At least 5 years of professional experience in IT, including proven experience in software development (design, implementation, testing, maintenance)
• Professional/Certified Scrum Master or Professional/Certified Scrum Developer certification (any date of issue, expired certifications accepted)
• Completed OWASP training (external certificate or documented internal training)

Technical skills - core

• JetBrains IntelliJ
• Spring Framework, Spring Boot
• Maven
• REST APIs (design, consumption, OpenAPI)
• Testing: unit tests, mocking, integration tests, load tests, TDD
• Event-driven, high-availability and SOA architectures
• OWASP Top 10 (2023 version)
• Networking concepts related to development: HTTP, TCP, IP, TLS, WebSockets
• Technical documentation
• Software development processes and lifecycle

Technical environment - additional skills

• Microservices architectures, C4 modelling, Design Patterns
• Docker, Podman (version 29)
• Asynchronous messaging: JMS, AMQP, ASB
• ServiceMix ESB (ActiveMQ, Camel, CXF, Karaf, OSGi)
• Tomcat (9, 10, 11), Drools
• OpenID Connect, SonarQube, Application Insights
• Autonomy, rigour and strong organisational skills
• Quality and results orientation
• Team spirit and good interpersonal skills
• Pragmatism and adaptability
• Awareness of application security and privacy by design principles (GDPR)

Languages

• French: C1 level (understanding, speaking, writing) - the working environment is exclusively French-speaking

Location and conditions

• Mainly on-site in Charleroi (Belgium)
• Remote work currently possible up to 2 days per week