Liferay Engineer

Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled Liferay Engineer to work there.

What is expected from you:

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing both technical coordination and engineering support for the PRoS Project and the SCO-12 (Science and Operations IT, Projects and Applications work area at ESAC) Portal Platform activities.

The role combines project coordination responsibilities with hands-on portal engineering and development activities, requiring strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and software engineering expertise.

• Technical project coordination and stakeholder management.
• Project planning, monitoring, reporting, and risk management.
• Requirements analysis and technical solution definition.
• Agile delivery methodologies and practices.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to bridge technical and managerial aspects of projects.

Liferay Platform Engineering

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP 7.3 / 7.4+).
• Java Portal technologies.
• Strong software development skills using:
• Java
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• HTML
• CSS / SCSS
• FreeMarker
• Node.js
• Experience with:
• ReactJS
• Bootstrap
• ClayUI
• Blade CLI
• Gradle
• Relational database technologies.
• Git-based source control systems.
• Responsive web design and development.
• Software design patterns and best practices.
• End-to-end testing and unit testing.
• Application troubleshooting and performance analysis.

What you offer:

• Master's degree or equivalent qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Space Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience in technical project coordination, project management, or technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience in enterprise web application development and portal technologies.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working within ESA or other international technical environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and containerised environments.
• REST API design and integration.
• User experience (UX) and portal architecture principles.
• Knowledge of enterprise content management and digital experience platforms.
  
• Experience supporting operational services and production systems.
• Good English language skills.
• Strong technical leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Results-oriented and proactive approach.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Agile mindset and continuous improvement mentality.
• Team player with the ability to work autonomously when required.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
  
• 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
• Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
• Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
• Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
• A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;
• A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
• Travel allowance;
• Extensive relocation package

Where:

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency's offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don't expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position .

Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC (

When

Deadline to apply: ASAP

Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!