Software Development Consultant (Azure)

About the role

COUNTRY Financial is seeking an experienced Integration Developer to help expand our enterprise integration capabilities using Azure Integration Services, specifically Azure Logic Apps, Functions/Durable Functions, Service Bus, Event Hubs/Grid, Fabric, and Azure API Management.

Responsibilities

• Develop application centric, API led integrations on Azure
• Support our public cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Establish patterns, standards, and best practices for Azure native integrations
• Collaborate with BAW, Informatica and MuleSoft developers to implement hybrid integration solutions
• Translate existing BAW, MuleSoft or Informatica patterns into Azure native equivalents where appropriate
• Partner with Integration CoE, Enterprise Architecture and Security to ensure compliance with integration standards and policies
• Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and platform evaluations
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for integrations
• Support CI/CD pipelines (Git based) for integration assets

Qualifications

• Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise integration or middleware development
• 3+ years of hands on experience with Azure Integration Services, including: Azure Functions (HTTP-triggered, Service Bus-triggered)
• Familiarity with Durable Functions for stateful orchestration
• Azure Logic Apps
• Azure API Management
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs and service based integrations
• Working knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, managed identities, certificates)
• Working knowledge of Azure secure best practices: Private Endpoints, Service Endpoints
• Familiarity with JSON, XML, and data transformation concepts
• Familiarity with event and messaging platforms (Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hub)
• Experience working in medium to large enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modernizing or migrating integrations to Azure native platforms
• Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)
• Experience supporting insurance or financial services environments
• Familiarity with secure coding standards (OWASP, NIST, CIS)