Azure Integration Services (AIS) Architect

Description

GSPANN is hiring an Azure Integration Services Architect to design and govern enterprise integration solutions, focusing on stable, scalable platforms and well-connected systems that support key business initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design AIS-based solutions that meet business objectives and align with enterprise integration reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
• Lead the design and development of end-to-end integration architecture blueprints, patterns, and technical specifications for complex, high-volume, mission-critical business processes.
• Optimize integration solutions by providing architectural recommendations and best practices for implementations built on APIM, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and ADF.
• Manage integration architectures for ongoing initiatives, ensuring designs adhere to Enterprise Architecture standards, patterns, and principles.
• Drive clear standards for integration architecture and ensure products deliver against agreed standards.
• Ensure the stability of the current integration platform landscape.
• Support deployed integration solutions with ongoing maintenance, resolving issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Enterprise Architects, and Application Owners to translate complex business needs and functional requirements into robust, scalable technical integration designs.

Skills and Experience

• Bring 12+ years of experience across integration technologies, including at least 7 years in integration architecture with APIM, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and ADF.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of managing high integration volumes (100+ interfaces) and executing large-scale platform migrations.
• Apply hands-on expertise in Azure Logic Apps for workflow orchestration and APIM for API gateway, policy configuration, and security.
• Work with Azure Service Bus for messaging, queuing, and topics, and with Azure Event Grid or Azure Event Hubs for Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Utilize Azure Functions for serverless compute and custom code.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of Azure DevOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for infrastructure and integration deployment, using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Bicep templates, and Terraform.
• Apply Azure security best practices, including Azure Key Vault, Azure Private Link, and authentication and authorization.
• Bring extensive experience with REST and SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, OData, and security protocols such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, Basic Authentication, and Client Certificates.
• Demonstrate expertise in Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIPs), API-led architectures, microservices, and EDA.
• Apply proficiency in data mapping, transformation, and complex data modeling.
• Bring strong experience with Business-to-Business (B2B) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration and API management.
• Work with EDA platforms such as Solace, which is an advantage.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of integration and associated network infrastructure.
• Apply a clear understanding of security requirements and audits.
• Bring a solution-focused, consulting mindset with the ability to innovate.
• Work across multiple teams in a hybrid vendor and team landscape, building strong teams and finding creative, out-of-the-box solutions to classic technology problems.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and the personal drive to achieve results.