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Enterprise Architect

Type of Selection: Internal and External

Contract Type: Temporary agent

Grade: AD05

Deadline for application: 08/07/2025 at 12:00 CET

Experience Level: Professional

Approx. number of candidates on reserve list: 5

Location: Cologne, Germany

Monthly gross compensation (€): 5,973.44 - 6,224.44

Our employees are our most valuable asset. We therefore offer a wide range of benefits.

EASA is the leading aviation authority in Europe. A career at EASA means contributing to our vision for an ever safer and greener civil aviation. As an EASA employee, you will be making a difference to the lives of about 500 million fellow Europeans: this is our shared purpose and it could be yours, too. From our headquarters in Cologne, Germany, you will work with top experts in a multicultural work environment. Diversity and Inclusion are part of our DNA and innovation is at the heart of what we do. We ensure that aviation is safe in all phases: beginning with the certification of the aircraft to the rules for the air operation and crew. For more information about the Agency please consult our website and take a look at our organisation structure. Are you interested to contribute to our mission? Then see below what it takes to accomplish the role.

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity and non-discrimination. To further enhance the diversity of our workforce, we particularly encourage applications from female candidates.

Job Overview

To further enhance aviation safety, the Agency will digitalise its core business processes such as product certification and organisation approval along with supporting functions, including human and financial resource management.

This digitalisation effort will leverage core technologies, including SharePoint, SAP, Pega, and Saviynt. The Enterprise Architect will lead the Agency’s enterprise architecture practice, designing and aligning business processes and technical solutions. This role requires balancing competing regulatory, policy, cybersecurity, operational, and technological demands to deliver sustainable and extensible business solutions.

The goal is to create a compliance environment that enables the reuse of business solutions through business process standardisation and reuse.

General Accountabilities

Enterprise Architecture

Adopt and enhance the Agency’s architectural vision
Own the Agency’s enterprise architecture practice and its governance
Prepare and own the enterprise architecture artefacts capturing business capabilities relationships through to information systems and technologies
Prepare, manage, and ensure adherence to the required business, information systems, and technology architecture policies and principles to enable Agency digitalisation

Compliance in the context of agile streams and projects, ensuring

Business process reuse, business solution reuse, and technology reuse
IT solution architectures comply with the Agency’s architectural vision and reference architectures

Collaboration and Planning

Collaborate with the Agency’s quality management team and business process owners to shape business processes so they are more easily digitalised
Collaborate with business process owners, the quality management team, domain owners, and operational teams to prepare plans in response to business demand
Prepare plans capturing the dependencies between business solutions, data migrations, technology rollout and replacements
Prepare high-level estimates for architected business solutions considering business user involvement, project or agile stream teams’ effort, and eventual operational teams’ tasks

For agile streams and projects, and in collaboration with other technical architects

Manage IT Solution Architecture preparation and maintenance

Admission Criteria

The following constitute eligibility and essential criteria for the role to be admitted to the selection process. Candidates not fulfilling these criteria by the deadline for applications, will be excluded from the selection:

Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the EU to the extent necessary for the performance of the duties (at least level B2). One of the required languages shall be English[1];
Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.l of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland;
A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma with a normal period of university studies of 3 years or more in Computer Sciences or other studies in scope of the role;
TOGAF Practitioner certified;
Experience in business solution and technology reuse;
Experience integrating business solutions using on open standards in both real-time and batch modes;
Experience in Pega.

[1] Mother tongue English speakers will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of a second EU language. English oral and written skills will be assessed throughout the assessment phase

The following constitute advantageous criteria for the role. Candidates not fulfilling these requirements will not be excluded from the selection:

ITIL 4 Service Design certified;
Experience in business analysis or business process engineering to create reusable business capabilities;
Experience as a project manager using PM2, PRINCE2, or PMI;
Lead System Architect (LSA) (PCLSA or PCSSA certified);
Experience in one of SharePoint integration, SAP S4, or SAP BTP.

This vacancy is open as well to Temporary Agents 2(f) employed at EASA, or other EU institutions in the grade bracket [AD 5- AD 9]

Selection criteria

The selection process is based on the assessment of the following Professional skills and Behavioural competences:

The competences and skills listed below are critical to perform the job, but candidates who do not meet all of them will not automatically be excluded.

Professional Skills

Enterprise Achitecture / Business Architecture

Enterprise Achitecture / Information Architecture

Service Architecture

IT Architecture

Behavioural Competences

Learning Agility

Professional & Technical Expertise

Conflict resolution

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Additional criteria

Prior to recruitment, you will be requested to demonstrate that you:

Are entitled to the full rights as a citizen.
Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service.
Meet the character requirements for the duties involved (you will be asked to provide a police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record) .
Are physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post (you will be asked to undergo a medical examination in a centre indicated by EASA).

Conditions of Employment

Contract: 5 years contract as Temporary Agent 2 (f) with possibility of extension.

Working hours: 40 hrs per week (on a full-time working pattern). Flexible working arrangements.

Salary: Basic salary: (5,973.44 Euros Step 1/ 6,224.44 Euros Step 2 ) Depending on work experience. Additional allowances depending on personal situation.

Location: Cologne, Germany (relocation is required).

Application & Selection Process

How to apply

We can only accept applications that are submitted in English through our Recruiting tool. Before sending your application, make sure it is complete and contains the document(s) specified in the vacancy notice. Before submitting your application, ensure that your candidate profile, all the fields and answers to the pre-screening questions are correct. You may review and amend data demonstrating compliance with the eligibility and selection criteria only until the closing date of applications for the respective selecion procedure.

For further information take a look at How we hire. In case of questions or technical issues, email us at recruit@easa.europa.eu. Attach a description and screenshot of the error.

To check if you are meeting the minimum education qualifications required for the job, consult the information published by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO): Examples of minimum qualifications

Important note on diplomas obtained outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Norway: If your application is found eligible on the basis of diploma(s) obtained outside these countries, we might ask you to provide proof of accreditation by one of the European Union Member States. This applies also to diplomas obtained in the UK after 31 December 2020.

Make sure you are meeting the language requirements: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and assess your language skills. Language certificates are not required at the stage of application, unless specified in the vacancy.

Selection Process

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via E-mail. If your application has been rejected following the initial screening, the status in your candidate profile will be automatically updated to "Not admitted". Invitations to the shortlisted candidates are sent once the evaluation of applications is completed (this may take up to two months after expiry of the deadline to apply). Pre-selection exercises, online tests and interviews with the Selection Board usually take place remotely. If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list from which you might be considered for similar positions within EASA. Learn more about our Selection and Onboarding process. Take a look also at our comprehensive information on Benefits, get to know Our people and find out what Life in Cologne is like.

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