Senior API and Integration Architect

DID s.r.l; Varese; Ibrido; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to join the Knowledge Management & Data team in Ispra. You will integrate AI capabilities into JRC business applications, including GENESIS UI and ALOHA, ensuring alignment with EC standards.

Responsibilities include designing strategies, APIs, workflows, and containerised deployments, while collaborating with engineering teams in a large, multicultural, international environment.

Competenze

• Master's degree or 5 years of higher education.
• Minimum 20 years of IT professional experience.
• English B2 or higher (spoken and written).
• 10+ years of experience in HTTP and API design.
• 10+ years RESTful and SOAP web services design/consumption.
• 10+ years of asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe techniques.
• 5+ years Docker, Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
• 5+ years distributed/microservice architectures and complex event processing.
• 5+ years Web security, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• 5+ years API management platforms (e.g. WSO2, CAPI).
• 5+ years CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI).

Mansioni

• Design and implement integration strategies within an HTTP/S ecosystem.
• Apply distributed-architecture best practices to connect information systems.
• Design, implement and document APIs exposed securely on a public API Gateway.
• Design, implement and deploy workflows.
• Develop, deploy and manage integration solutions on containerised infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to meet security, scalability and maintainability standards.

Conoscenze

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Documentation

Formazione

Master's degree (EQF Level 7)

Strumenti

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

API management platforms

OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect

Descrizione del lavoro

Location: Ispra (VA), Italy — near-site, min. 2 days/week on-site.

Client: Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

Contract: Long-term service provision

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Integration Architect to join the Knowledge Management & Data team of the JRC's ICT competence centre in Ispra. You will be responsible for integrating AI capabilities into JRC business applications — including the GENESIS UI and ALOHA platforms — ensuring alignment with business needs, technical requirements, and European Commission standards.

You will work within a large, multicultural and multilingual international organisation, contributing to independent, evidence-based science that supports EU policies.

What you will do

• Design, plan and implement integration strategies within an HTTP/S ecosystem
• Apply distributed-architecture best practices to solve complex integration problems between information systems
• Design, implement and document APIs, exposed securely on a public-facing API Gateway
• Design, implement and deploy workflows
• Develop, deploy and manage integration solutions on containerised infrastructure
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions meet organisational standards for security, scalability and maintainability

Working conditions

• Near-site service provision with a minimum of 2 days per week on-site at the JRC Ispra premises; ad hoc on-site presence may be requested with 2 hours' notice
• High degree of discretion required when handling personal or confidential data; signature of the Commission's Ethics reminder is required

Mandatory requirements

• University degree (EQF Level 7 — master's degree or 5 years of higher education)
• Minimum 20 years of IT professional experience
• English B2 or higher (spoken and written)
• 10+ years of experience in each of the following:
• HTTP and API design
• RESTful and SOAP web services (design and consumption)
• Asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe techniques and technologies
• 5+ years of experience in each of the following:
• Docker, Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures
• Distributed/microservice architectures and complex event processing
• Web security, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
• API management platforms (e.g. WSO2, CAPI) for securing, publishing and analysing APIs
• CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI)

All experience must be verifiable through evidence provided in the CV.

Soft skills

• Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to produce IT architecture documentation for complex integration patterns, plus clear operational and design reports
• Experience contributing to and leveraging open-source technologies and communities
• Comfortable in an international, multicultural environment and multilingual meetings
• Able to work both autonomously and in a team, with a results-oriented, delivery-focused mindset