Integration Manager - SC Cleared

IBM; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking an Integration Architect to support design and delivery of hybrid cloud and application modernisation for public sector clients. You’ll provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and hands-on support for migrating legacy systems to the cloud and developing cloud-native solutions.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to create secure, scalable architectures while ensuring alignment with client goals.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS and/or Azure and familiarity with microservices, CI/CD, and modern cloud technologies.
• Background in complex hybrid-cloud integration projects, incl. cloud target architectures.
• Industry certifications beneficial.
• Broad experience in architecture across application, infrastructure, integration, security and data domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver hybrid cloud application modernisation projects for public/private sectors.
• Build, deploy, and integrate new components that operate independently of underlying applications.
• Design services and processes using web services and SOA.
• Provide architectural guidance and engineering support for cloud transformation journeys.
• Lead enterprise-scale transformation projects from requirements to production.
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with clients during delivery.

Skills

AWS/Azure

Microservices

CI/CD

DevOps

Integration technologies

Hybrid-cloud design

Cloud-native/serverless

Agile/Scrum

SAFe/LeSS

Leadership

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

MQ

ESB/ETL

Oracle/PostgreSQL/DB2/NoSQL

Job description

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

Integration Architect – Public Sector

We are seeking a Integration Architect to support the design and delivery of hybrid cloud and application modernisation initiatives for our public‑sector clients. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and hands‑on support for migrating legacy systems to the cloud and developing new cloud‑native solutions. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to create secure, scalable, and maintainable architectures that meet the needs of complex public‑sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver hybrid cloud application modernisation projects, including decomposing existing applications into modular business functions and processes
• Build, deploy, and integrate new components that operate independently of underlying applications and platforms
• Design services and processes that run on interoperable software, enabling communication between applications using established standards such as web services and service‑oriented architecture (SOA)
• Provide architectural, consultancy, and engineering support to guide clients through their cloud transformation journeys
• Lead enterprise‑scale transformation projects from requirements through to production, ensuring technical integrity and alignment with organisational goals
• Develop strong working relationships with clients and act as a trusted technical advisor throughout project delivery

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Experience with AWS and/or Azure, and familiarity with microservices, CI/CD practices, and modern cloud, DevOps, and integration technologies
• Background in complex hybrid‑cloud integration projects, including designing cloud target architectures and integrating with on‑premise systems
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning, ideally supported by recognised industry certifications
• Broad experience designing and delivering technical architectures across application, infrastructure, integration, security, and data domains
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native and/or serverless architectures
• Extensive experience working with agile delivery methods such as Scrum
• Awareness of scaled agile frameworks, including SAFe or LeSS
• Ability to work effectively in multi‑supplier environments or within a single‑team delivery model
• Proven leadership abilities, including mentoring and coaching team members
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of automation in development, testing, and operations, including CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiarity with enterprise integration technologies (Kafka, MQ, IBM Streams, ESBs, ETL, etc.)
• Good understanding of enterprise-level persistence technologies (Oracle, Postgres, DB2, NoSQL, Redis, Graph, etc.)
• Experience with estimation methods (top-down, bottom-up, planning poker, etc.)
• Familiarity with architectural languages or frameworks, such as UML, Zachman, or TOGAF

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title

Integration Architect - SC Cleared

Job ID

118732

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Hampshire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester

Country

United Kingdom

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)

Company

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?