Senior API & Integration Architect (DLN)

Catworkx S.r.l.; Varese; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Herzum, now part of catworkx, is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to join the Knowledge Management & Data team. You will design and implement integration solutions aligned with business and technical requirements, and ensure security and scalability across systems.

You will work in a hybrid mode at the Ispra site, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, maintainable integration patterns and APIs in a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• 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 HTTP/API design and RESTful/SOAP services
• 5+ years of Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud-native architectures

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and implement integration strategies within an HTTP/S ecosystem
• Apply distributed-architecture best practices to solve complex integration problems
• 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 security, scalability and maintainability

Job description

Welcome to Herzum | now part of Catworkx!

We are much more than an IT consulting company: we are innovators, pioneers, and partners in excellence. Today, we begin a new chapter as part of the catworkx group — one of the world’s leading Atlassian Platinum Partners, with a strong presence across Europe.

Founded in Chicago in 2000, Herzum has grown into an international organization with offices in Italy, the United States, India, Switzerland, Ecuador, and the United Kingdom. Together with catworkx, we combine expertise, culture, and vision to deliver solutions that bring innovation, efficiency, and collaboration to companies around the world. We specialize in Agile, DevOps, and team collaboration technologies, helping organizations work better, faster, and more seamlessly.

We are looking for a Senior Integration Architect to join the Knowledge Management & Data team of our Customer.

You will be responsible for designing and implementing integration solutions, ensuring alignment with business needs, technical requirements and organisational standards.

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

Work mode: Hybrid – Ispra (VA).

Join us!

Become part of a team driven by innovation, belief in talent, and a commitment to excellence. Your next career step starts here.

• 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)

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