Technical Architect

Currently, for one of our Partners, we are looking for an experienced Technical Architect (m/f/n) to support a long‑term project delivered for an organization of the European Commission based in Brussels.
Tasks:Design and develop comprehensive business and technical architectures for digital solutions to meet business needs, defining measurable non-functional requirements.
Conduct advanced technical research on emerging distributed ledger technologies, decentralised identity protocols, cryptographic mechanisms, and trust infrastructures to identify architectural innovations applicable to the platform.
Evaluate and compare alternative architectural approaches through formal technical analysis, modelling, proof-of-concepts, and performance assessments.
Assess the impact of emerging standards, scientific advances, and regulatory developments on the system architecture, providing evidence-based recommendations for technology adoption.
Manages stakeholders and facilitation, gather requirements, negotiate technical solutions and align diverse interests.
Communicate and present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Collaborating with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirementsEvaluating and selecting appropriate technologies and frameworksCreate and maintain key architectural artifacts, including Solution Context diagrams, C4 model views, API contracts, data models, threat models, and deployment diagrams.
Ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and reliableGuiding development teams during implementation phasesConduct architecture to ensure adherence to enterprise standards (e.g., Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)) throughout the implementation lifecycle.
Identifying and mitigating potential risks and technical challengesAssessing and incorporating emerging technologiesProviding technical leadership and support to development teams and other stakeholdersDefine integration patterns (e.g., event-driven, Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)), data flows, and API standards (OpenAPI/AsyncAPI) to ensure coherent and scalable system interactions.
Identify and define architecture for verifiable credential exchangeDefine appropriate signature profiles for verifiable credential and tokenization use cases.
Define zero knowledge proof for unlinkable and privacy preserving proofs.

Requirements:

Education:
EQF7 in IT, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.
At least 5 years of Architectural experience on IT and leading IT projectsAt least 5 years in systems and software architecture design, including at least 3 years in architecture governance and documentation practices (decision records, C4 diagrams, architecture reviews).
At least 5 years in enterprise applications and middleware, including at least 2 years with microservices architecture and API management (e.g. REST) for modular, reusable solutions.
At least 5 years with database management systems.
At least 5 years in data modelling.
At least 2 years with cloud services (e.g. AWS, Azure), designing architectures that leverage native services to minimise custom development, including observability and monitoring practices (logging, tracing, metrics).
At least 5 years programming in Python, Go, or C++.
At least 3 years with networking concepts and protocols.
At least 2 years with OAuth2, OIDC, OID4VC, WebAuth and similar protocols, including at least 2 years with data models such as W3C VCDM, decentralised identifiers and SD-JWT, and at least 2 years defining digital signature profiles.
At least 2 years with Web3 technologies and components, including at least 1 year implementing real-world asset tokenisation.
At least 1 year with zero-knowledge proof frameworks (e.g. Gnark, Longfellow-zk or similar).
At least 2 years in the content protection domain.
Excellent knowledge of English (minimum level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR), with strong written and oral communication skills.
Offer:B2B contractMostly remote set-up. Services must be performed from within the EU. Two physical meetings with the customer are foreseen per 12 month period, max 2 days each. These planned meetings are at the contractor’s cost.
Rate: 450-540 EUR/MD