Technical Integration Architect

Harvey Nash Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash Group seeks an experienced Integration Architect for a 6-month hybrid contract in Glasgow. The role requires designing and assuring API-led, event-driven integrations across the AWS/Boomi stack, with Inside IR35 and ASAP start. Day rate £679.

You will define standards, patterns and governance, collaborating with delivery, security and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure connectivity across the technology estate.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Integration Architect in large, complex organisations.
• Experience designing and governing enterprise integration solutions using Boomi and API-related tools.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and security controls.
• Demonstrable governance experience via Architecture Review Boards or similar.
• Experience collaborating with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and assurance of system-to-system integrations with reusable, secure connectivity.
• Define and maintain integration architecture standards, patterns and reference models.
• Design integrations deployed on AWS and Boomi with robust API management and event-driven capabilities.
• Govern API connectivity models and lifecycle management.
• Ensure non-functional requirements: security, performance, resilience, cost efficiency.
• Provide architectural guidance during build and resolve complex issues.

Skills

Integration architecture

Architectural governance

Stakeholder communication

Agile delivery

Tools

Boomi

API Management

AWS

API Gateway

Lambda

EventBridge

SNS/SQS

Step Functions

IAM

CloudWatch

Job description

Integration Architect | 6 Month Contract | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid, Glasgow, 2 days pw| Starting ASAP

Day Rate: £679

About the Role:

• Lead the design and assurance of system-to system integrations, ensuring consistent, reusable and secure connectivity across the technology estate.
• Define, document and maintain integration architecture standards, patterns and reference models, with a particular focus on API-led and event-driven integration.
• Design and assure integrations deployed within AWS and Boomi, ensuring effective use of cloud-native services and delivering robust API management, messaging, orchestration and security requirements for resilience.
• Define and govern API connectivity models, including internal and external, 3rd-party integrations whilst ensuring appropriate versioning, documentation and lifecycle management.
• Ensure integrations meet non-functional requirements, including security, performance, resilience, scalability and cost efficiency in line with public sector standards.
• Provide architectural assurance and challenge for integration designs presented through formal governance and review processes.
• Work collaboratively with Technical Architects, delivery teams, platform teams, security specialists and external suppliers to deliver agreed integration architectures.
• Support delivery teams during build and implementation phases by providing hands-on architectural guidance and resolving complex integration issues.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience operating as an Integration Architect or equivalent specialist architecture role within a large and complex organisation.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting enterprise integration solutions using Boomi, including API Management, Integration, Master Data Management and Event Streams capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of application architecture and enterprise application landscapes, including SaaS, COTS and bespoke applications.
• Demonstrable experience defining integration standards, reference architectures, design principles and technical roadmaps.
• Experience leading architectural governance activities and providing technical assurance through Architecture Review Boards or equivalent governance forums.
• Proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, suppliers, delivery teams and executive audiences, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Experience working within Agile and multidisciplinary delivery environments.
• Experience working in large public sector organisations with an understanding of government digital service standards and governance processes.
• Expert knowledge of AWS Cloud architecture, with practical experience of integration and API services including:
  • API Gateway
  • Lambda
  • EventBridge
  • SNS/SQS
  • Step Functions
  • ECS/EKS
  • IAM
  • CloudWatch
  • VPC networking and security controls
• Demonstrable experience defining and governing API strategies, including:
  • REST APIs
  • Event-driven APIs
  • API lifecycle management
  • Security standards
  • Versioning and governance models
• Strong understanding of integration architecture patterns and their appropriate application, including:
  • Point-to-point integration
  • Hub-and-spoke
  • Event-driven architecture
  • Publish-subscribe
  • Microservices integration
  • Data integration and synchronisation patterns
  • Hybrid cloud integration

This role has been deemed Inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland.