Senior Application Architect – Microservices Audit Lead Job ID: JP054250

Senior Application Architect – Microservices Audit Lead

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Application Architect to lead an independent technical audit of a large-scale Java microservices platform. The mission focuses on evaluating architecture quality, performance, resilience, distributed data consistency, maintainability, and operational risks within a complex business-critical environment.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Skills & Experience

• 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).

Deliverables

• 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.

Project Details

• Role: Senior Application Architect / Audit Lead

• Location: Namur, Belgium

• Work Model: Hybrid

• On-site Presence: Approximately 30% during discovery, workshops, and final presentations

• Language: French (mandatory)

Ideal Profile

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.