Profile: Analyst Architect (AA)/software architect.

Duration: initial contract from 02/01/26 to 29/01/2027, with annual extensions beyond that point (to a total of 4 years).

Location: off-site (fully remote).

Responsibilities:

Requirements Gathering

• Collect and document detailed business needs from experts and stakeholders.
• Analyse documentation, such as ERA technical documents, processes, related EC Implementing Regulations/Decisions.
• Analyse system interfaces and business rules.
• Produce clear and structured documentation such as:
  • Use Cases
  • Functional Requirements
  • Business Process Flows
  • Technical Specifications (where applicable)
  • Other types of relevant documents.
• Ensure requirements are complete, consistent, accurate and traceable.

Workshops & Stakeholder Engagement

• In order to elicit requirements and validate solutions, organize and coordinate workshops, interviews, questionnaires or use other relevant techniques.
• Facilitate discussions to clarify scope and priorities.

Analysis & Design Support

• Draft diagrams (e.g., process maps, data flow diagrams) to illustrate interactions and dependencies.
• Prepare lightweight mock-ups or wireframes to visualize proposed solutions early in the process.
• Support feasibility checks and impact analysis.

Collaboration

• Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring requirements are understood and implemented correctly.
• Track changes and maintain updated documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as back-up to the User Assistance Engineer: user support, data validation and quality assurance, if requested by the Agency.

Technical expertise:

• Strong experience in application, cloud, infrastructure, and data architecture.
• In-depth knowledge of SOA, application design, Enterprise Architecture, and modelling tools (UML, BPMN, or equivalent).
• Proficient in programming languages such as .NET and Java, Relational DBMS, interoperability technologies (web services, middleware, service bus), and GIT.
• Familiar with software development methodologies: Agile, RUP, DevOps, CI/CD.

Experience:

• 8+ years in IT; 4+ years in architecture/design and system development.

Additional Skills:

• Business process analysis, technical writing, and presentation skills.

Working Conditions:

• Team to be deployed: 1 Architect/Analyst + 3 User Assistance staff.
• Service hours are between 08:00 and 20:00 CET, with 8 hours/day and up to 40 hours/week per person (specific schedules agreed with the Head of the Operational Data Unit).
• Agency uses ITIL and MS Office; all documentation and training will be provided.
• Work and deliverables must be in English.

Rate: 250€-280€/day.