Architect - Enterprise Integration

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills You will lead the architecture and delivery of hybrid integration solutions across on‑prem and cloud platforms using iPaaS and traditional ESB technologies. The role spans integration strategy, reference architecture, governance, and hands-on enablement to accelerate digital programs (ERP modernization, SaaS adoption, API-led connectivity, event-driven integration

Define integration strategy and reference architectures for hybrid estates (on-prem, private/public cloud).

Select patterns (API-led, event-driven, messaging, B2B/EDI, streaming) and align to enterprise standards, scalability, security, and cost.

Create roadmaps for modernization from legacy ESB to iPaaS while ensuring business continuity.

Platform Ownership (Hands-on on any one or more iPaaS platforms listed below)

MuleSoft: Hands-on experience with iPaaS and integration platforms example in MuleSoft

Boomi: Design Atom/AtomSphere topology, implement integrations, manage Molecule clustering, deploy APIs, Boomi Flow, and connectors (SAP, Salesforce, Workday, etc.).

webMethods: Architect Integration Server, API Gateway, Microservices Runtime, B2B/Trading Networks (EDI/X12/EDIFACT), and optimize Universal Messaging.

IBM: Design with App Connect Enterprise, API Connect, IBM MQ/Kafka, enforce policies, and set up gateway topologies & lifecycle.

Establish DevOps pipelines (Git, CI/CD, automated testing), environment promotion, observability (logs, metrics, traces).

Roles & Responsibilities Define API governance, versioning, documentation (OpenAPI), throttling, and SLA management.

Implement Zero Trust controls, OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, secrets management, and data protection (PII masking, tokenization).

Standardize integration patterns, coding guidelines, and design review process.

Delivery & Enablement

Lead solution design for programs (ERP/SAP, CRM, HCM, finance) and integration blueprints per domain.

Drive capacity planning, cost optimization, and license/utilization management across platforms.

Mentor engineers; run guilds/CoE; deliver POCs and performance tuning; resolve production incidents.

Stakeholder Management

Partner with enterprise architects, security, infra/cloud, and application teams.

Translate business requirements into integration epics; articulate trade-offs and TCO.

Support presales/RFPs with solution proposals and effort estimates.

Core iPaaS / ESB

Boomi AtomSphere (Integrations, API Mgmt, Flow, Boomi Molecule/Atom), error handling, retry, distributed deployment.

Software AG webMethods (Integration Server, API Gateway, Trading Networks, Universal Messaging), ESB patterns, B2B/EDI.

IBM Integration: App Connect Enterprise, API Connect, IBM MQ, ACE node design, policy enforcement.

Architecture &am p; Patterns

API-led connectivity, microservices integration, synchronous/asynchronous patterns.

Event-driven architectures (Kafka/MQ), pub/sub, CQRS, saga, idempotency.

B2B/EDI (X12/EDIFACT), partner onboarding, mapping, compliance.

Cloud & Platform

AWS/Azure/GCP services for integration (VPC, PrivateLink/Peering, LB, Secrets, KMS).

Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE).

Networking: VPC design, routing, NAT, firewall, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) basics.

DevOps & Quality

CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), automated tests, static checks.

Observability: Grafana/Prometheus, ELK/OpenSearch, distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry).

Performance engineering: throughput, latency, back-pressure, resilience testing.

Security & Compliance

OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, SAML, mTLS; WAF, rate limiting, API policies.

Data privacy & compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS where relevant).

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Executive communication, solution storytelling, stakeholder alignment.

Technical leadership, mentoring, conflict resolution, decision frameworks

Salary Range : $140,000-$180,000 a year.