Integration Architect

Roles: Integration Architect

Client: Global Consulting Firm

Location: Remote & UK (Several possible locations)

Salary: GBP 90-130K base salary + Bonus + Benefits

Note: Applicants must be based and eligible to work in the UK

We are partnered with a leading global consultancy who are currently building a new and dedicated cloud practice. They are now looking to hire an integration architect.

General skills

• 10+ years relevant work experience leading integration architecture and delivery as part of complex transformation for major companies on key technologies
• Proven experience as integration architect and delivery lead in complex transformation programme from strategy through to execution:
• Integration strategy and architecture
• Integration design (service catalog, High Level Design, Low Level Design)
• Agile / iterative delivery
• API and ecosystem management
• Operational management of integration including performance, security and monitoring
• Proven track record to shape and lead large multidisciplinary teams
• Proven experience to manage senior stakeholders including C suite, Director / head of practices.

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Architecture and design skills

• Proven track record to define solutions leveraging data and integration to address complex strategic, business and technical problematics
• Experienced is leading the designing North Star strategic architecture, roadmap and transition states addressing business, technology and people aspects.
• Proven track record to interact with the business to influence and inform the technology enabled strategy and its application
• Experienced in developing technology strategy for large scale multi platform, multi domain transformation
• Expertise and proven track record to shape leading E2E cross platform modular architecture considering business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, security and other non functional aspects dimensions
• Ability to operate within multidisciplinary diverse teams to deliver high quality products and solutions, within architecture function and within larger transformation team
• Ability to drive and enforce continuity & traceability of information – across diverse stakeholders – throughout the transformation stages and therefore delivering fit for purpose solutions in line with strategic objectives.
• Setup and orchestrate the technology governance
• Drive the decision making process
• Proven and field tested architectural design skills and ability to discuss the merits and trade-offs of using any particular design approach and technology
• Proven expertise in integration architecture and design pattern
• Protocols and formats SOA, Rest, JSON, XML, etc
• Microservices
• Error handling
• Automation
• Event driven architecture
• API and ecosystem
• Identity and Access management
• Cloud to Cloud integration & Cloud to On Premise integration
• Front end and back end integrations, network and infrastructure management

• Advanced knowledge of the multiple facets of integration to enable modular solution:
• Design of business services and management of data / integration in line with requirements and use cases
• Holistic understanding of the E2E solution to develop and manage a coherent integration service catalogue (reusability and governance)
• Advanced technical knowledge of the leading integration patterns and protocols
• Governance and operational management of integration leveraging DevSecOps (CICD, container, etc)
• Performance, scalability and security and other non functional requirements

• Complete understanding of solution, data & security aspects influencing integration designs:
• Solution: E2E solution architecture, business process, data flow, SaaS and other type of Cloud and On premise applications
• Data: Enterprise data model, data modeling, Master data management
• Security: data normalization, secured perimeter, Identity and Access Management, Role Based Access Control, encryption / decryption

• Vast knowledge of integration vendor landscape
• Hands on experience and certifications for several key player(s) including Mulesoft, Google Apigee, Informatica, Openshift and Hyperscaler integration solutions (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Proven track records and ideally certifications on key leading architecture and integration standards (e.g. TOGAF), delivery standards (e.g. SaFe, Scrum, etc)
• Drive and support the internal growth of the strategy and architecture capabilities
• Act as role model to enable junior resources development
• Multiple experience in fluid environments delivering complex solutions in Agile and iterative delivery models.
• Multi industry expertise with experiences across Tier 1 companies
• Experiences across one or more industries including Energy & Utilities, Retail and Consumer, Telecommunications Media and technology, Finance