Integration Architect

Description

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation with offices in both Glasgow and Dundee are currently looking to recruit an Integration Architect for an initial 11 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of £600-£700/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). This is a hybrid role with 2 days per week required onsite in either Glasgow or Dundee.

The Role:

• Lead the design and assurance of system-to system integrations, ensuring consistent, reusable and secure connectivity across the technology estate.
• Define, document and maintain integration architecture standards, patterns and reference models, with a particular focus on API-led and event-driven integration.
• Design and assure integrations deployed within AWS and Boomi, ensuring effective use of cloud-native services and delivering robust API management, messaging, orchestration and security requirements for resilience.
• Define and govern API connectivity models, including internal and external, 3^rd-party integrations whilst ensuring appropriate versioning, documentation and lifecycle management.
• Ensure integrations meet non-functional requirements, including security, performance, resilience, scalability and cost efficiency in line with public sector standards.
• Provide architectural assurance and challenge for integration designs presented through formal governance and review processes.
• Work collaboratively with Technical Architects, delivery teams, platform teams, security specialists and external suppliers to deliver agreed integration architectures.
• Support delivery teams during build and implementation phases by providing hands-on architectural guidance and resolving complex integration issues.

Demonstrable Experience of:

• Proven experience operating as an Integration Architect or equivalent specialist architecture role within a large and complex organisation.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting enterprise integration solutions using Boomi, including API Management, Integration, Master Data Management and Event Streams capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of application architecture and enterprise application landscapes, including SaaS, COTS and bespoke applications.
• Demonstrable experience defining integration standards, reference architectures, design principles and technical roadmaps.
• Experience leading architectural governance activities and providing technical assurance through Architecture Review Boards or equivalent governance forums.
• Proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, suppliers, delivery teams and executive audiences, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Experience working within Agile and multidisciplinary delivery environments.
• Experience working in large public sector organisations with an understanding of government digital service standards and governance processes.
• Expert knowledge of AWS Cloud architecture, with practical experience of integration and API services including:
• API Gateway
• Lambda
• EventBridge
• SNS/SQS
• Step Functions
• ECS/EKS
• IAM
• CloudWatch
• VPC networking and security controls
• Demonstrable experience defining and governing API strategies, including:
• REST APIs
• Event-driven APIs
• API lifecycle management
• Security standards
• Versioning and governance models
• Strong understanding of integration architecture patterns and their appropriate application, including:
• Point-to-point integration
• Hub-and-spoke
• Event-driven architecture
• Publish-subscribe
• Microservices integration
• Data integration and synchronisation patterns
• Hybrid cloud integration

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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