Application Integration Architect

Application Integration Architect

We are seeking an experienced Application Integration Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing integration solutions across enterprise platforms. This role focuses on modern integration architecture, enabling reliable interoperability between systems using APIs, event-driven design, and distributed services.

You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, and enterprise architecture teams to define integration standards, lead complex system integrations, and evolve the organisation's integration landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end integration solutions using API-led, event-driven, and microservices patterns.
• Design scalable, resilient data flows across internal and third-party platforms.
• Define and govern integration standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Lead system integrations, including cloud platforms and external vendor solutions.
• Ensure security, performance, and reliability across all integrations.
• Troubleshoot complex integration issues and optimise throughput and latency.
• Oversee integration testing and deployment within Agile/DevOps pipelines.
• Maintain clear technical documentation (architecture diagrams, APIs, data models).

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' experience in integration architecture or Back End engineering.
• Strong expertise in API design (REST/SOAP), Middleware, and messaging systems.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and integration patterns.
• Proficiency in Java, SQL/databases, JSON/XML, and messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with CI/CD, automation, and cloud or hybrid architectures.

Desirable

• Cloud integration platforms (Azure Integration Services, AWS).
• Security standards (OAuth2, JWT, API gateways).
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Enterprise system integration (ERP/CRM).

Personal Attributes

• Strong systems thinker with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Clear technical communicator across teams and stakeholders.
• Proactive, detail-focused, and comfortable in fast-paced environments.