Purpose of the job / project What you will do Who you are
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Purpose of the job / project
What you will do
Design and own end-to-end solution architectures for assigned projects, covering system context, component and interface definition, data flows, storage strategy, protocols and tooling.
Define non-functional requirements with the same rigor as functional ones: security, interoperability, scalability, availability, accountability, and auditability.
Establish and maintain technical and organisational measures frameworks under Data Protection by Design and Default.
Gather and consolidate functional and non-functional requirements from data providers, partner organisations and internal stakeholders.
Analyse and document business constraints.
Build reference architectures, blueprints and interoperability profiles that other organisations can implement without further interpretation.
Represent LNDS in consortium technical discussions and contribute to achieving consensus among partners with different technical perspectives.
Contribute architectural input to proposals for new calls, including effort estimation and work package design.
Provide technical direction to development and operations teams implementing your designs and stay engaged through delivery rather than handing over a document.
The role offers the opportunity to mentor junior architects: reviewing their artefacts, bringing them into consortium work, and helping them grow towards specification and framework of responsibility. An appetite for this is welcome, though it is not a requirement for the position.
Engage stakeholders at national and European level: data providers, ministries, hospitals, research institutions, national authorities and consortium partners across the EU to elicit requirements and translate them into technical specifications that hold across organisations and jurisdictions.
Explain architectural decisions and their consequences to non-technical stakeholders, including where a requirement cannot be met as stated and what the alternatives cost.
Apply Data Protection by Design and Default throughout the architecture. Ensure architectural designs appropriately address applicable regulatory and compliance requirements.
Identify architectural and technical risks early, quantify their impact, and propose mitigations that project boards can act on.
Who you are
BSc or MSc in a scientific, technological or engineering discipline related to computer science, information technology or computing.
5 to 10 years working explicitly as a solution or enterprise architect on large-scale or federated data systems.
Experience with distributed and federated architectures, APIs, cloud and container platforms, and infrastructure as-code.