Senior Azure Integration Architect for Higher Education

Pact Solutions; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PACT Solutions is seeking a Senior Integration and Solution Architect to own the architecture of data integration solutions across our higher education partners. You will define the integration framework: the principles, patterns, standards and technical decisions that determine what is built and how it is built.

This is an architecture-focused role, not day-to-day delivery management. You will guide teams to apply consistent, reusable approaches across Azure Integration Services, API design and

Qualifications

• Senior Integration and Solution Architect responsible for architecture of data integration across HE partners.
• Strong experience with Azure Integration Services and practical engineering background.
• Ability to define target-state architectures and reusable design approaches.

Responsibilities

• Own the integration architecture for assigned partner programmes and shape the target-state integration landscape.
• Define and evolve integration principles, reference architectures, patterns, standards and reusable components.
• Translate business, data and operational requirements into clear solution architectures, design decisions and roadmaps.
• Set the approach to API design, data contracts, message design, asynchronous processing, security, observability and resilience.
• Assess architectural options and provide recommendations to partners and delivery teams.
• Design practical, scalable and maintainable integrations using Azure Integration Services.

Skills

Azure Integration Services

API design

Data contracts

Message design

Asynchronous processing

Security

Observability

Resilience

Solution architecture

Azure Service Bus

Tools

Azure Service Bus

Azure APIs

Job description

PACT Solutions is seeking a Senior Integration and Solution Architect to own the architecture of data integration solutions across our higher education partners. You will define the integration framework: the principles, patterns, standards and technical decisions that determine what is built and how it is built.

This is an architecture-focused role, not day-to-day delivery management. You will guide teams to apply consistent, reusable approaches across Azure Integration Services, API design and