Medior Java Developer

Location: Tubize, Belgium

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G/5G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales Belgium SA, Belgium competence center of Thales, is a company located on 2 sites, one in Tubize (near Brussels) and the other one in Herstal (near Liège). Thales Belgium, which employs more than 280 collaborators, is specialized in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for customers in the sectors of Defense, Security (including Cyber) and Aerospace.

In this context, we are looking for a:
**Medior Java Developer**

**Mission**:
As a Medior Software Engineer, you will design and develop software solutions for our customers in Defense, Security and Aerospace domains.

You will work on projects which can be very different in nature, usually characterized by strong regulatory requirements and their complexity, such air traffic management, Key Management System, IP encryption devices

You will develop using the newest features and development techniques.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- You analyze and transform requirements into optimal technical design, in accordance with state-of-the-art best practices, allocating functions to the software components, and defining interfaces and communication mechanisms;
- You help the Software Engineering Manager defining the development strategy, and provide robust and reliable estimation for work packages to develop (cost, schedule) and assessment of technical risks;
- You develop and unit test Java-based software components;
- You participate, and possibly lead, peer and engineering reviews;
- You participate, when needed, in higher-level testing (integration, verification, validation);
- You coordinate and lead the resolution of technical issues, and analyze root cause of problems;
- You establish and maintain working relationships with the other departments, QA, domain experts, IVVQ, subcontractors ;
- You will report to Thales Belgium’s Head of Software.

**Profile**:

- You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT orientation or equivalent experience.
- You have at least 4 years' solid experience as a Java/JEE developer.
- You want to get involved in a company project strongly oriented towards collective intelligence and self-management.
- You will be able to be autonomous
- Eager to learn
- You have experience in most of the following technical areas:

- Java (11+)
- Good understanding of object-oriented programming;
- API REST
- Network Protocols (TCP/UDP, )
- Thorough knowledge of Spring ecosystem (Sprint Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Security )
- JPA (Hibernate,...)
- PKI, TLS and secure communication in general
- Maven
- DB / SQL
- Code benchmarking and performance optimization
- Knowledge in the following technologies is a plus:

- Concurrent, multi-threaded programming, and distributed systems
- Secure coding
- Tomcat,...
- Java FX
- Containers (Docker, Kubernetes,...)
- Linux as target env
- Full professional proficiency in English. French and/or Dutch is a plus.
- Interested?_
- Diversity Statement_
We actively support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. That means that equal opportunities, inclusion and an informal culture are integral to our success. It also means that your well-being and happiness matter to us That’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, remote working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times.