Application & Integration Architect

Job description

Define and maintain enterprise integration architecture standards, principles and governance frameworks. Design and communicate enterprise-wide integration architectures, connectors, APIs, service bus solutions and data exchange mechanisms. Elicit business, user and technical requirements and translate them into scalable integration architectures. Design integration flows, services and interoperability solutions across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments. Plan and optimize integration platform capacity, security, performance and availability. Analyse existing systems, applications and services and identify integration opportunities and solution options. Map business goals, project benefits, priorities, components and system features into architectural designs. Maintain and track architectural artefacts throughout the systems lifecycle. Contribute to system design, testing, quality assurance, change management and DevSecOps practices. Prepare architecture documentation, technical specifications and executive presentations. Lead development teams and contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes. Select, assess and recommend technologies, tools, platforms and integration standards. Collect, analyse and interpret system and platform metrics. Optimize solutions from performance, security, scalability and quality perspectives. Contribute to the Enterprise Architecture repository and maintain required architectural artefacts. Mandatory: Master's degree (EQF Level 7) or equivalent qualification. A minimum of 8 years of relevant IT professional experience, minimum 5 of which in a similar Enterprise Integration Architect position. At least 2 certifications among: Iasa Architect CITA-A, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, TIBCO Certified Associate, Certified SOA Architect, or equivalent, internationally recognized certification. Experience acting as the lead architect for at least one enterprise-wide integration platform deployment. Expert knowledge of system integration architecture at data and API levels. Expert knowledge of designing enterprise integration platform connectors, integration flows and enterprise service bus solutions. Expert knowledge of capacity planning and security architecture for integration platforms. Good knowledge of integration patterns, standards and architectural models. Good knowledge of serverless and containerisation technologies across cloud and on-premises environments. Excellent technical knowledge of integration platforms such as TIBCO or MuleSoft, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), databases, application servers, middleware technologies, cloud integration patterns and Software Development Lifecycle methodologies. Good knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and system architecture design practices. Good knowledge of DevSecOps principles and practices. Extensive experience aligning application and integration architectures with business objectives. Hands-on experience with enterprise modelling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect, ARIS Architect or equivalent solutions. Good knowledge of architectural standards and frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman Framework, Azure Well-Architected Framework or equivalent. Good knowledge of hybrid systems and application integration approaches. Excellent communication, documentation, leadership and problem-solving skills. Advantageous: Experience modelling enterprise architectures using ArchiMate. Experience with the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) or other interinstitutional interoperability frameworks. Experience applying enterprise architecture styles, patterns and reference architectures. Experience with cloud-native integration services and API management platforms. Experience working within large-scale public sector or international organisation environments. Arηs Group, Part of Accenture, specializes in the management of complex public sector IT projects, including systems integration, informatics and analytics, solution implementation and program management. Our team helps lead clients through digital and information systems design, bringing expertise in a variety of areas ranging from software development, data science and security management to machine learning, cloud, and mobile development. Arηs Group was acquired by Accenture in July 2024.