Middleware Architect

Atradius
The Atradius Group provides trade credit insurance, surety and collections services worldwide, and has a presence through 160 offices in 52 countries. The products offered by Atradius protect companies around the world against the default risks associated with selling goods and services on credit.
About the job
CTO is part of Information Technology Services that provides infrastructure, security, technical services, service management and support services for the Atradius group and its customers. Within Atradius Solution Architects are responsible for the technical design and implementation leadership for all transformation projects involving CTO responsibilities including infrastructure, network, security, technical services, and cloud domains.
As a Middleware Solution Architect, you will report directly to the Technical Services Manager.
Your key stakeholders are other network, infrastructure, security and cloud technical domain solution architects for delivering of end-to-end technical solutions, but also program managers or asset owners, engineers and third parties for its implementation. Alignment with enterprise architecture is also required.
**Job Description**:
Atradius is looking for an individual with proven experience as a Middleware Solution Architect to make architectural recommendations and to define and document designs for large enterprise scale deployments. We are looking for someone who has a strong technical background with a broad knowledge across a diverse technical landscape, with a deep technical expertise in one or more technology areas is desirable.

**You will be working with several teams**:
The Network, Security and Infrastructure teams and their corresponding engineers, leads and project managers
The Cloud Competence Centre (CCC) mandated for implementing Atradius Cloud Strategy
The Enterprise Architecture team, especially Architects from CIO unit (within Atradius ITS)
Based on background/knowledge, we expect our Middleware Solution Architect plays a key role on the main functions below:
**Evaluate system requirements**:
Analyze existing systems to ensure that these systems provide the necessary security/performance to meet with the Atradius needs/expectations.

**Propose alternative solutions/improvements**:
Propose alternative technologies to improve/enhance the systems that support Atradius goals. Those requirements should be documented and communicated to management level within ITS.

**Review of new systems**:
Design and review process of new systems. Develop and document proposed changes that need to be implemented or integrated across the working platforms of CTO unit

**Integrate new infrastructure**:
Define detailed plans to add new systems to the existing core infrastructure within Atradius, providing technical direction and support throughout this process

**Assess projects**:
Evaluate new systems integrated into Atradius. Keep track of the success of the project, identifying best practices for future implementation. Provide feedback to the management level and incorporate all gathered information into future integration plans
Main responsibilities
The Middleware Solution Architect will have the ability to judge and assess the viability and feasibility of Atradius and 3rd party solutions and to advise and influence project sponsors and teams on the technical direction and to actively support the implementation process of such solutions.

**These include but are not limited to**:
Create High Level Designs for new Atradius Middleware services
Support the Engineering teams to develop, test and operate new Atradius Middleware services
Address any issues related to security and performance
Work closely with the network and security teams as with the architects to improve overall Atradius security solutions and maturity
Be involved with the creation and maintenance of high-level capability and technology roadmaps for use in strategic and project planning, including cost estimates.
Ownership of the technical solution, design, documentation, and roadmap for those services
Day to day technical management of key vendor relationships
Continual optimization of existing services, and elimination of technical debt
Identify potential technology innovation to introduce new services, or transformation of existing ones, to meet with Business/CTO strategic objectives
Own, lead and prioritize a part of the Middleware architecture backlog and strategy
Follow and be involved with Atradius capacity planning and performance management teams
Having an interested eye in the market trends and technologies, being an effective technical leader, driving innovation, improvements and rationalization
You will make sure that projects and domains are building solutions in the right way on premise or in Cloud.
Eligibility Requirements
Higher / University level IT education.
Experience with architectural frameworks (like TOGAF), and design patterns
Previous responsibilities in driving solution a