Lead Integration Developer

Vital Energi; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Energi, based in Blackburn, seeks a Lead Integration Developer to steer the design, development and delivery of enterprise integration solutions that enable secure, scalable connectivity across business applications and data platforms. You will define integration architecture, standards and governance to support operational efficiency and digital transformation.

You will lead a technical team, work with stakeholders, and ensure scalable, resilient integrations using APIs, REST services,

Qualifications

• Experience designing API-led integrations and enterprise patterns.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture principles and governance.
• Knowledge of cloud integration services (Azure, AWS, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Define integration architecture, standards, patterns and governance.
• Design scalable, secure integration solutions across apps and data platforms.
• Develop roadmaps for future integration growth.
• Collaborate with owners to ensure seamless data exchange.
• Monitor and optimize integration performance and reliability.

Skills

Integration architecture

API-led integrations

Cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP)

Data modelling & governance

Security & encryption

Agile delivery

Tools

Workato IPAAS

REST/JSON/SOAP

ETL pipelines

SQL & data design

Job description

Lead Integration Developer

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth?

If so, we’re looking for a talented Lead Integration Developer to join our dynamic team at our Head Office in Blackburn with support to sites.

The Role

Due to Vital Energi's continued growth, we are looking for a Lead Integration Developer to lead the design, development and delivery of enterprise integration solutions that enable secure, scalable and reliable connectivity across business applications, data platforms and external systems. Define integration architecture, standards and governance practices that support operational efficiency, data-driven decision making and the organisation's digital transformation strategy. Drawing on strong technical leadership, the role is responsible for ensuring integration solutions are resilient, maintainable and aligned with business objectives.

The Company

Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings.

We have and continue to work on ground-breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK’s Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project for Westminster.

With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy-from-Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.

A few key responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture:

• Define integration architecture, standards, patterns and best practices.
• Design scalable, resilient and secure integration solutions aligned to business and technical requirements.
• Develop integration roadmaps that support future business growth.

System Integration:

• Integrate businesscritical systems using APIs, REST services, ETL processes, event-driven architectures and middleware technologies.
• Work with application owners and business stakeholders to ensure seamless data exchange across platforms

Governance & standards

• Establish and maintain integration governance, documentation and development standards.
• Define approaches for data mapping, transformation, monitoring, error handling and exception management.

Performance and reliability:

• Monitor and optimise integration performance, throughput and scalability.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks across integration processes and data flows.

Vendor and platform Management:

• Evaluate integration technologies and thirdparty solutions.
• Manage relationships with integration vendors and platform providers where required.

Education & Experience:

• Strong understanding of integration architecture principals and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience designing API-led Service and oriented integrations
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP and associated integration services
• Understanding of data modelling, data governance and data quality principals
• Implementing integration solutions using authentication, authorisation and encryption techniques
• Familiarity with agile delivery and encryption techniques

Technical Competencies:

• Integration platform as a service IPAAS, such as Workato or similar
• API Design, Development and management
• REST, JSON, SOAP and related integration standards
• SQL and database design, development and administration
• ETL and ETL pipeline development
• Phyton and C# development
• Data modelling and governance principals
• Security, Authentication, and authorisation mechanisms for system integrations
• Monitoring, troubleshooting and performance optimisation of integration platforms

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship.

Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK