Integration Architect (Oracle Cloud Integrations)

Job Description – Integration Architect (Oracle Cloud Integrations)

Job Title: Integration Architect – Oracle Cloud Integrations

Location: Dubai, UAE

Experience: 8+ Years

Domain: Banking & Financial Services

Work Arrangement: On-site / Hybrid, as applicable

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Integration Architect to drive the execution and delivery of an already-approved Oracle integration architecture across the enterprise.

The role is primarily focused on integration coordination, architecture governance, delivery management, and stakeholder engagement . The successful candidate will ensure that integrations between Oracle platforms—including Fusion, SaaS/PaaS—and various source and downstream systems, including core banking and adjacent platforms, are implemented in accordance with approved architecture and design standards.

The role will serve as a key coordination point between the Oracle implementation/technology partner, internal architecture and technical teams, security, network, application teams, and business stakeholders .

Strong working knowledge of APIs, including REST and Swagger/OpenAPI, is required. Hands-on expertise in Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is advantageous but not mandatory .

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate the execution of the approved enterprise integration architecture and ensure integrations are delivered in line with agreed design and architecture standards.
• Coordinate end-to-end implementation of integrations between Oracle platforms and various source/downstream systems, including core banking and surrounding applications.
• Translate approved architecture and design documents into actionable execution plans and delivery activities.
• Create, maintain, and update architecture diagrams, integration blueprints, interface specifications, and technical documentation as required.
• Review existing integration and architecture documentation and ensure it accurately reflects the current implementation state and approved changes.
• Apply working knowledge of REST APIs, Swagger/OpenAPI, API contracts, API lifecycle management, and integration principles to review designs and support issue resolution.
• Coordinate with the Oracle implementation/technology partner on support tickets, incidents, defects, technical queries, and integration-related activities.
• Act as the central coordination point between Oracle partners and internal teams to ensure timely resolution of technical dependencies and blockers.
• Work closely with security, network, infrastructure, enterprise architecture, application, and engineering teams to obtain required approvals and resolve integration dependencies.
• Track and drive closure of integration-related actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and open technical items across multiple workstreams.
• Support integration testing, system integration testing, UAT, cutover, deployment, and go-live activities.
• Identify and escalate risks that may impact integration delivery, timelines, quality, security, or compliance.
• Participate in and represent integration delivery status during architecture reviews, design governance forums, technical workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure integration implementations and changes comply with agreed security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements .
• Provide practical delivery-level input to architecture and design discussions while ensuring adherence to the approved target architecture.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of overall IT experience , with strong experience in enterprise integration coordination and delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of APIs , including:
• REST APIs
• Swagger/OpenAPI
• API contracts and interface specifications
• API lifecycle concepts
• Proven experience coordinating integration delivery across multiple technical, functional, vendor, and business teams.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and execute against existing architecture and technical design documentation.
• Experience converting architecture/design requirements into actionable delivery and execution plans.
• Strong ability to create and maintain architecture diagrams, integration flows, technical specifications, and design documentation .
• Experience working with an Oracle or similar implementation/technology partner , including support ticket management and technical issue resolution.
• Good understanding of enterprise integration patterns, including:
• Point-to-point integration
• API-led integration
• Event-driven/event-based integration
• Synchronous and asynchronous integration concepts
• Working knowledge of network and security concepts relevant to enterprise integrations, including connectivity, firewalls, VPNs, endpoints, authentication, and access controls .
• Strong stakeholder management, coordination, communication, and follow-through skills.