Integration Architect

About the role

As an Integration Architect within a Global IT Center of Excellence (COE) team, you will lead the delivery of solutions, devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems, and work at a high technical level across all phases of applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage large cross-functional projects or processes.
• Work with Global IT COE colleagues and project sponsors/customers to determine long-term application architecture and strategy.
• Provide leadership and development skills to efficiently develop reusable code across multiple sites.
• Influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
• Leverage creativity and comprehensive process, technical, or operational understanding to resolve a wide range of issues.
• Analyze and provide technical advice on the integration of supported systems with the broader application portfolio; assess how applications serve business functions and advise IT colleagues on business impacts.
• Support key business objectives creatively and strategically.
• Document and maintain best practices, project standards, procedures, application quality objectives, and lessons learned; ensure compliance with architectural/development standards and methodologies.
• Perform high-level critical thinking, detailed information gathering, and application of business knowledge.
• Generate fresh perspectives, breakthrough ideas, and new approaches to create market value.
• Proactively investigate alternative approaches, technologies, or partnerships.
• Collaborate with and may lead functional or cross-functional teams to solve complex problems.
• Own the enterprise integration architecture spanning SAP and cloud platforms.
• Define integration patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, event-driven, batch, APIs).
• Establish middleware standards, canonical models, and reuse frameworks.
• Drive a cloud-first and API-led integration strategy aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Design complex integrations across S/4HANA, ECC, SuccessFactors, Ariba, MDG, CRM, legacy, and SaaS systems.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 6-8 years’ relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise integration technologies including SAP PO/PI, SAP CPI (Integration Suite), BizTalk, Azure Integration Services, and API Management platforms (Azure APIM, Apigee, Sentinet), with exposure to SLT and SSIS.
• Strong technical expertise in integration patterns and protocols such as IDocs, RFCs, SOAP, REST, OData, JMS, along with API-led and event-driven architectures.
• Deep understanding of security standards including OAuth2, JWT, and SSL/TLS.
• Proven experience integrating SAP with non-SAP and SaaS platforms.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and secure cloud/DMZ integration architectures.

Skills

• Specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in integration architecture.
• Recognized cross-functionally as an expert within one or two subject matter areas.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Flexible attitude, adaptable to change, team player, and able to handle multiple projects at once.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

Additional Information

• Temporary indirect reporting relationships may exist while working as a Project Lead.
• May be required to act in a senior role, providing task-related advice and direction to junior team members.
• Occasional travel may be required.