Senior Application Architect - Microservices Audit Lead Job ID: JP054250

ITProposal

Namen, Belgium

2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English, French

Job source

careerjet.be

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Applications Architecture Application Performance Management Batch Processing Data Integrity Data Migration Distributed Data Store PostgreSQL Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Data Logging Spring-boot Database Performance

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Technical Debt Event Driven Architecture Containerization Apache Kafka Api Management Microservices

Job description

Lead a comprehensive audit of a distributed Java/Spring Boot microservices ecosystem.
Assess application performance, scalability, and processing efficiency for both transactional and batch workloads.
Evaluate microservice boundaries, service interactions, and architectural decisions.
Analyze distributed data consistency patterns, including event-driven architectures, Kafka-based messaging, outbox/inbox mechanisms, and idempotency.
Review PostgreSQL data models, database performance, replication strategies, and reporting architectures.
Assess resilience, observability, monitoring, logging, traceability, and incident recovery capabilities.
Identify technical debt, architectural weaknesses, performance bottlenecks, and operational risks.
Evaluate data migration and document migration strategies, including impacts on performance and data integrity.
Produce actionable recommendations, risk assessments, and executive-level reporting.
Present findings and recommendations to governance and leadership stakeholders., * Executive summary for senior management.
Detailed technical audit report with quantitative and qualitative findings.
Prioritized recommendation roadmap based on impact, effort, and risk.
Technical risk assessment and architecture risk map.
Governance presentation and stakeholder briefing materials.

Requirements

Expert-level experience leading complex architecture audit engagements.
Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and distributed microservices architectures.
Proven experience with event-driven systems, Kafka, and distributed consistency patterns.
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL, API integrations (REST/SOAP), batch processing, and containerized environments.
Ability to assess scalability, resilience, observability, and maintainability in large enterprise systems.
Strong analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Fluent French (C2 level)., A senior architect with extensive experience auditing large-scale Java/Spring Boot microservices platforms, capable of delivering independent, fact-based assessments and strategic recommendations to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.