Azure APIM & Enterprise Integration Architect

Version 1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share scheme

Career progression & mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare cover

Gym discounts & wellbeing

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an Integration Solutions Architect to lead design and governance of enterprise integration across cloud-native, legacy, and partner environments. The role centers on Microsoft Azure and APIM, delivering secure, scalable APIs and integration patterns.

Collaborate with engineering, platform, DevOps and architecture teams to establish API standards and deployment approaches. You will define secure API architectures, design APIM policies, and drive CI/CD and APIOps practices

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in software/solution/integration architecture leading enterprise designs.
• Strong experience in distributed, cloud and enterprise integration solutions.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Azure API Management (APIM).
• Experience with APIM networking, private DNS and Hub-and-Spoke architectures.
• Knowledge of APIM policies, Policy Fragments and API gateway configuration.
• Experience with API products, subscriptions and API consumption models.
• Strong REST/microservices and event-driven integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise integration solutions across Azure and on-premise environments.
• Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs) and interface/API specifications.
• Design and govern APIs using Azure API Management (APIM).
• Define API design, governance standards and lifecycle management.
• Establish APIM products, subscriptions, throttling and consumption models.
• Promote API discovery and reusable integration patterns.
• Guide Terraform/Bicep-based IaC and CI/CD for API deployments.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

REST APIs

Security design (OAuth2/OIDC/JWT)

Azure integration

OpenAPI/Swagger

CI/CD practices

APIM governance

Tools

Azure APIM

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

OpenAPI/Swagger

Azure Monitor

Job description

Version 1 is seeking an Integration Solutions Architect to lead design and governance of enterprise integration across cloud-native, legacy, and partner environments. The role centers on Microsoft Azure and APIM, delivering secure, scalable APIs and integration patterns.

Collaborate with engineering, platform, DevOps and architecture teams to establish API standards and deployment approaches. You will define secure API architectures, design APIM policies, and drive CI/CD and APIOps practices