Integration Lead

Vhi; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vhi Group Services DAC is recruiting a permanent full-time Integration Lead. Based in Dublin or Kilkenny, this role leads enterprise integration capability, working with the Integration Architect and Principal Developer to translate strategy into executable plans.

The position focuses on API-led integration using AWS API Gateway, Kong and Broadcom Layer7, delivering secure, observable, scalable integration across projects and BAU demand.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of API management, gateway platforms and security controls.
• Experience leading enterprise integration capability and governance.
• Delivery governance, demand and capacity management experience.
• Healthcare/insurance or regulated industry familiarity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise integration capability and governance model.
• Own delivery of integration work packages and BAU commitments.
• Ensure production readiness, observability and security controls.
• Manage supplier commitments and continuous improvement of the integration estate.
• Coach and develop the Integration Team.

Skills

API management

Cloud-native

Gateway platforms

Delivery governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

Experience in integration leadership

Tools

AWS API Gateway

Kong

Broadcom Layer7

Job description

Role Title: Integration Lead
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Location: Dublin/Kilkenny (Hybrid)
Vhi Group Services DAC is currently recruiting for a permanent full-time Integration Lead position based in Dublin or Kilkenny.
The Integration Lead is accountable for the leadership, performance and continuous development of Vhi's enterprise integration capability across project, programme and BAU demand. Working closely with the Integration Architect and Principal Developer, the role translates approved strategy, architecture and prioritised demand into executable integration work plans and high-quality engineering outcomes.
The role provides technical and people leadership for an integration estate using technologies including AWS API Gateway, Kong and Broadcom Layer7, and drives a secure, observable, scalable and reusable API-led integration capability. The Integration Lead is accountable for delivery of the integration work package and service commitments to Enterprise Change projects.

What will you do:

Capability leadership and governance

• Lead and develop the enterprise integration capability, team operating model, service roadmap and engineering improvement plan.
• Maintain integration policies, standards and governance with Architecture, Engineering, Cyber Security and Service Management, ensuring clear decision rights and adoption.
• Build effective relationships across business, technology, Change Delivery and suppliers, with transparent ownership of actions, risks and decisions.

Delivery, demand and capacity

• Own delivery of integration work packages and BAU commitments, including estimates, plans, dependencies, risks, quality evidence and operational readiness.
• Maintain a transparent demand pipeline and provide evidence-based feasibility, sequencing, resource and cost forecasts through the appropriate portfolio and delivery governance.
• Lead capacity, resource and skills planning, escalating constraints, trade-offs and forecast slippage early to accountable delivery and governance roles.

Technical assurance and service resilience

• Maintain sufficient technical depth to review and challenge integration designs, API specifications, non-functional requirements, security controls, test evidence and deployment artefacts.
• Work with the Integration Architect and Principal Developer while preserving their accountability for architecture decisions and engineering quality.
• Own integration service performance, observability and operational health, covering capacity, availability, resilience, recoverability and supportability.
• Ensure production readiness, support arrangements, monitoring, runbooks, disaster recovery evidence and technical risk controls are in place before release.

Supplier, improvement and people leadership

• Manage supplier commitments, service levels, engineering quality and value for money, escalating material issues through commercial and delivery governance.
• Use service, delivery and engineering evidence to address recurring issues, reduce lead times and improve quality and resilience.
• Lead, coach and develop the Integration Team through clear objectives, feedback, performance management, professional development and succession planning

What you need to be successful:

Education

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Significant experience in integration, software, data or cloud technology roles, including technical leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, API management, security and non-functional design.
• Strong understanding of delivery governance, demand and capacity management, service transition, operational controls and the respective accountabilities of capability teams and project or programme leadership.
• Understanding of security, risk, audit and operational control requirements within healthcare, insurance, financial services or another regulated industry.

Skills and abilities:

Technical

• Strong practical knowledge of API management and gateway platforms.
• Deep understanding of API lifecycle management, interface design, documentation, versioning and deprecation.
• Strong knowledge of integration architecture and engineering patterns, cloud-native architecture and distributed systems.
• Ability to review and challenge API and integration security designs, threat controls, testing strategies and quality evidence.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and cloud-native delivery practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, source control, environment promotion and safe release or rollback strategies.
• Ability to assess non-functional requirements and evidence for performance, scalability, availability, observability, resilience, disaster recovery and operational supportability.
• Strong planning, demand, capacity, risk, supplier and service-performance management skills, applied at integration capability and work-package level.

Interpersonal

• Confident communicator who can explain complex integration issues, delivery choices and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and constructively challenge decisions at all levels.
• Collaborative leader who establishes clear accountability across Architecture, Engineering, Change Delivery, Operations, suppliers and programmes without diluting individual ownership.
• Able to influence prioritisation through evidence, manage competing demands transparently and elevate decisions through the appropriate governance route.
• Calm and decisive in complex delivery or operational situations, with a strong focus on outcomes, controls and sustainable solutions.
• Demonstrate alignment with the Vhi values.

Sustainability

At Vhi, we believe that the health of people and the health of the planet are interconnected. That's why we're on a journey towards an integrated model of healthcare that puts people and the planet at its heart.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Accessibility

At Vhi, we are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations at every stage of the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities, neurodivergence, or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation, please contact [e-mail], and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch via email.

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Vhi is an equal opportunities employer

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