Azure Integration Architect — API & Messaging Lead (Hybrid)

Bright Purple; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 88,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

Bright Purple is seeking an experienced Azure Integration Architect for a 6-month contract in Edinburgh, hybrid working with 2 days onsite. You will design scalable, secure integration solutions across cloud, SaaS and on‑premise apps.

You will govern integration architecture, work with engineering teams and vendors, and apply API-led, event-driven patterns using Azure services to deliver resilient, future‑proof integrations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Integration/Cloud/Solutions Architect with a strong integration focus.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise API integrations.
• Strong knowledge of messaging middleware and event‑driven architecture.
• Experience with Azure-based integration architecture across cloud, SaaS and on‑premise apps.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern integration architecture across the programme.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, architects and vendors to guide solution design.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure and resilient with monitoring in place.

Skills

Integration Architect

API integration

Messaging middleware

Azure cloud

Event-driven

Tools

Azure Service Bus

RabbitMQ

Apache Kafka

API Management

Job description

Bright Purple is seeking an experienced Azure Integration Architect for a 6-month contract in Edinburgh, hybrid working with 2 days onsite. You will design scalable, secure integration solutions across cloud, SaaS and on‑premise apps.

You will govern integration architecture, work with engineering teams and vendors, and apply API-led, event-driven patterns using Azure services to deliver resilient, future‑proof integrations.