Azure Integration Architect: Modernization & APIs

Bertelsmann

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 48,000 - 80,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Penguin Random House in London is seeking an experienced Technical Solution Architect to shape integration architecture and guide engineering teams in turning strategy into practical patterns. The role focuses on modernising the integration landscape, moving from point-to-point to a governed platform of reusable services, REST APIs and MCP interfaces on Azure.

You will work with Delivery teams to reduce complexity, improve resilience and ensure continuity of live services, combining

Qualifications

Substantial senior software engineering experience with credible solution-architecture accountability in complex production environments.
Recent hands-on C# and .NET credibility, including .NET 10+, ASP.NET Core, Web APIs and production microservices.
Strong domain-driven design, distributed-systems and event-driven architecture practice.
Deep Azure integration and platform knowledge: Service Bus, API Management, Logic Apps, Functions, App Services, Container Apps or AKS, Key Vault, Application Insights and Azure Monitor.
Practical Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code delivery, CI/CD automation and automated testing strategy.
Secure API and service design using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT and Microsoft Entra ID.
Ability to balance strategic architecture with delivery pragmatism, operational constraints and incremental migration.
Strong written and visual architecture communication, senior stakeholder influence and constructive challenge across organisational boundaries.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the target architecture, principles and migration roadmap for Integration Services, defining clear business-domain boundaries, service ownership and stable contracts.
Set reusable architectural patterns for APIs, business events, adapters, synchronous and asynchronous communication, versioning and compatibility.
Design Azure integration solutions using services including API Management, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Functions, App Services, Container Apps or AKS, Key Vault and appropriate data services.
Define non-functional and engineering requirements across security, resilience, performance, scalability, observability, supportability, disaster recovery, infrastructure as code, CI/CD and automated testing.
Create safe modernisation and coexistence approaches for legacy and partner platforms, including adapter patterns, cutover, rollback and decommissioning.
Establish secure-by-design standards across identity, authentication, authorisation, secrets and network controls, alongside appropriate governance for MCP and other AI-facing interfaces.
Maintain hands-on technical credibility through targeted prototypes, proof-of-concepts and technical spikes that help de-risk important architectural decisions.
Lead and contribute to architecture reviews, maintaining clear decisions, standards, reference designs and service documentation, while mentoring developers and enabling teams to make sound technical decisions within agreed architecture.
Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Security, Cloud Platforms and delivery teams to ensure integration designs align with wider organisational strategy and controls.
Provide timely architectural guidance during discovery, refinement and delivery, escalating significant enterprise, security, data, commercial or cross-portfolio risks to the appropriate accountable owner.