Application integration engineer

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is incredibly flexible when it comes to integrating systems—something few commercial solutions can match. Curious how we do that? Keep reading if you’re interested in working with us as an Application integration engineer. Expect a highly challenging role, great development opportunities, and an excellent work-life balance.

Wageningen University & Research is looking for an Application integration engineerto strengthen our IT department. You’ll be working at the heart of our digital ecosystem: building and maintaining system integrations that support our education, research, and administrative processes. As an Application integration engineer, you will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and developing integrations within the application architecture.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders such as architects and clients, and you’ll enjoy engaging with clients to discuss their integration requirements. You’re curious and critical, always willing to explore the question behind the question. With your technical expertise, you can independently translate business needs into technical requirements and work with the team to deliver and maintain the solution.

You will be part of the Integration Team, which plays a key role in establishing and maintaining interoperability between the various IT systems and applications within the university. The team ensures that data can be exchanged seamlessly and securely between internal and external platforms. The team consists of five Integration Specialists, a Product Owner, and a Scrum Master.

The Integration Team is part of the central IT department at Wageningen University & Research. The IT department consists of over 250 professionals across various specializations. Our multidisciplinary teams work in an agile way.

WUR’s integration landscape is a modern solution based on microservices hosted in Kubernetes. We use open-source technology wherever possible, applying it in a way that makes the entire platform as robust and flexible as possible. The integration platform consists of two main components:

• The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): based on microservices built in C#/.NET Core, using event-driven messaging via RabbitMQ. For CI/CD, we use GitLab, and for monitoring, we use a combination of Splunk and OpenSearch.
• The Service Layer: a datastore based on OpenSearch, fed by the ESB, enabling data consumers to search through the data via API.

This combination makes us extremely flexible in connecting systems—something few commercial solutions can match. And we’re proud of that! Additionally, we’ve implemented an Internet of Things (IoT) solution for WUR using open-source components, architecturally similar to our ESB. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to work on this as well.

As an Application integration engineer, you will be:

• Responsible for the implementation and (automated) management of integrations;
• Responsible for the analysis, design, and (coordination of) implementation of integrations in complex application chains;
• A key player in aligning the various stakeholders involved in developing integrations;
• But above all: eager to learn, proactive, and curious about the profession and the entire integration landscape.

• At least a bachelor’s degree (HBO level);
• At least 5 years of experience with software development, information analysis, functional and technical design (evident from your CV);
• Proficient in both Dutch and English, spoken and written;
• Strong communication and analytical skills;
• Familiar with Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum (evident from your CV);
• A true team player.

Did you know that WUR has been recognized as the best employer for IT professionals within a non-IT organization?

When it comes to terms of employment, Wageningen University & Research is the right place for you. Highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement are, for example:

• working hours that can be determined in consultation, so that an optimal work-life balance is possible;
• sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave;
• There is a lot of attention for vitality and you can use the sports facilities on campus at an attractive rate;
• a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
• excellent pension scheme through ABP.

Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive salary of a minimum of € 3,234 to a maximum of € 5,757 for a full working week of 36 hours in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Wageningen Research (scale 10/11). In addition, an appointment of 32 hours is negotiable. We offer you an annual contract with the intention of converting it into a contract for an indefinite period. Of course we are happy to talk to you if you have any questions about this

Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for own initiative in a learning environment, we offer excellent training opportunities. With us, you will get a versatile job in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, and at a university that has been chosen as the "best university" in the Netherlands for the 20th consecutive time.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is 'To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life'. Within Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation are joining forces to contribute to the solution of important questions in the field of healthy food and the living environment.

With approximately 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 FTEs) and 13,200 students and more than 150,000 Lifelong Learning participants, Wageningen University & Research is one of the world's leading knowledge institutions in its field. The integrated approach to the issues and the cooperation between different disciplines form the heart of the unique Wageningen approach.

Our employees indicate these points as good reasons to come and work at WUR: read the 5 reasons to come and work at WUR

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