- Integration Architect with 15-18 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale integration platforms across cloud and on-premises ecosystems.

- Specialized in Azure Integration Services, API-led and event-driven architectures, and large-scale system modernization.

- Proven leader in defining integration strategy, architecture standards, governance frameworks, and mentoring high-performing integration teams.

- Strong background in secure, scalable, and resilient integration solutions supporting mission-critical business platforms.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own enterprise integration architecture across cloud and hybrid landscapes using Azure Integration Services.

- Define and govern integration patterns and standards including API-led connectivity, event-driven, and message-based architectures.

- Design and oversee REST and GraphQL APIs, asynchronous messaging, and real-time event workflows.

- Establish reusable integration components, canonical models, error-handling frameworks, logging, and observability standards.

- Lead integration onboarding for application, platform, and data teams across multiple business domains.

- Ensure security, scalability, resiliency, and compliance across all integrations.

- Act as architecture authorityreview solution designs, code, and non-functional requirements.

- Mentor and guide integration developers, leads, and solution architects.

- Drive CI/CD adoption and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for integration platforms.

- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable integration designs.

- Support modernization initiatives such as legacy to cloud migrations, API enablement, and event streaming adoption.

Core Technical Skills :

- Azure Integration Services.

- Azure Logic Apps (Consumption & Standard).

- Azure API Management (APIM).

- Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs.

- Azure Functions (C# preferred).

- Azure Key Vault.

Integration & Architecture :

- API-led connectivity & contract-first design.

- Event-driven & message-based architectures.

- OAuth2, OpenID Connect, API security.

- JSON, XML, REST, Webhooks.

- Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP).

DevOps, Platform & Governance :

- Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines).

- ARM, Bicep, Terraform.

- Monitoring & observability with Application Insights and Log Analytics.

- API versioning, throttling, lifecycle management, and governance.

Experience & Qualifications :

- 15-18 years in IT with deep expertise in integration and middleware platforms.

- 8+ years in integration architecture and technical leadership roles.

- Extensive Azure production experience across large enterprise environments.

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

Leadership & Soft Skills :

- Strong architectural and systems thinking.

- Executive-level stakeholder communication.

- Mentoring, coaching, and team leadership.

- Problem solving across complex, distributed systems.

- Ability to balance strategy, governance, and hands-on technical depth.