Senior Messaging Integration Architect

Sompo International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sompo International in London is seeking a Senior Bureau Messaging Integration Architect to define and govern bureau messaging and external market integrations across underwriting, claims, delegated authority, and reporting processes.

You will design end-to-end integration solutions, embed security and governance, and collaborate with business, delivery, data, security, and vendor teams to translate requirements into practical architecture solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in integration or solution architecture.
• 8+ years of experience in the London Market, Lloyds, or specialty insurance sector.
• Experience designing integrations between core insurance systems and external market participants or bureau platforms.
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns: message-based, API-led, event-driven, batch, and file-based integration.
• Understanding of data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of security, resilience, and governance for external system integrations.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with ACORD and London Market messaging or bordereaux standards.
• Experience with delegated authority or Lloyds ecosystem platforms.
• Experience with tools such as Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi, IBM MQ, Kafka, REST/SOAP, XML, JSON, and managed file transfer solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud and hybrid integration architecture.
• TOGAF or similar architecture framework knowledge.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant architecture, cloud, or integration certifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture for bureau messaging and external market integrations.
• Design end-to-end integration solutions across underwriting, claims, finance, delegated authority, and reporting processes.
• Establish and govern integration standards, patterns, and design principles.
• Provide architectural oversight and design assurance across projects and programmes.
• Support connectivity with London Market and Lloyds platforms, bureaus, brokers, cover holders, and service providers.
• Ensure effective message routing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• Embed security, resilience, operational support, and audit requirements into integration designs.
• Collaborate with business, delivery, data, security, and vendor teams to translate requirements into practical architecture solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify the integration landscape, improve reuse, and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Integration architecture

London Market / Lloyds exposure

API-led integration

Security & governance

Stakeholder management

ACORD / London Market messaging

Delegated authority / Lloyds platforms

Cloud & hybrid integration

Data mapping & transformation

TOGAF or similar

Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Architecture certifications desirable

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering or related discipline

Architecture or integration certifications desirable

Tools

Azure Integration Services

MuleSoft

Boomi

IBM MQ

Kafka

REST

SOAP

XML

JSON

Managed file transfer solutions

Job description

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require 8+ years of experience in integration architecture or solution architecture.
• We require 8+ years of experience within the London Market, Lloyds, or specialty insurance sector.
• We require experience designing integrations between core insurance systems and external market participants or bureau platforms.
• We require strong knowledge of integration patterns, including message-based, API-led, event-driven, batch, and file-based integration.
• We require understanding of data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.
• We require knowledge of security, resilience, and governance requirements for external system integrations.
• We require strong stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• We require familiarity with ACORD and London Market messaging or bordereaux standards.
• We require experience with delegated authority or Lloyds ecosystem platforms.
• We require experience with tools such as Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi, IBM MQ, Kafka, REST/SOAP, XML, JSON, and managed file transfer solutions.
• We require knowledge of cloud and hybrid integration architecture.
• We require TOGAF or similar architecture framework knowledge.
• We require a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant architecture, cloud, or integration certifications are desirable.

Responsibilities:

• We define and maintain the target architecture for bureau messaging and external market integrations.
• We design end-to-end integration solutions across underwriting, claims, finance, delegated authority, and reporting processes.
• We establish and govern integration standards, patterns, and design principles.
• We provide architectural oversight and design assurance across projects and programmes.
• We support connectivity with London Market and Lloyds platforms, bureaus, brokers, cover holders, and service providers.
• We ensure effective message routing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• We embed security, resilience, operational support, and audit requirements into integration designs.
• We collaborate with business, delivery, data, security, and vendor teams to translate requirements into practical architecture solutions.
• We identify opportunities to simplify the integration landscape, improve reuse, and reduce technical debt.

Technologies:

• API
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Excel
• IBM
• Support
• JSON
• Kafka
• MuleSoft
• REST
• SOAP
• Security
• TOGAF
• XML

More:

We are Sompo, and this is a full-time Senior Bureau Messaging Integration Architect role based in London, United Kingdom, within our IT team. We offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees, with pay-for-performance incentives and benefits that may vary by country, including Health & Wellness Benefits, Retirement & Savings Plans, Global Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, and Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits. Our shared purpose is to create meaningful value for clients, communities, and each other, and we foster a workplace where everyone feels respected, included, and empowered to excel. As a global organization, we embrace diversity, champion equal opportunity, and are guided by our core values of Accountability, Agility, Collaboration, Development, and Integrity.

last updated 36 week of 2026