Lead Integration Architect: API, Kafka & Cloud

Vaspire Technologies Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaspire Technologies Inc. in Columbus, OH, seeks a Lead Enterprise Integration Architect to shape end-to-end integration across APIs, microservices, Kafka, and managed file transfers.

You will design secure, scalable patterns and provide technical leadership for large programs. You will guide architecture governance, oversee delivery, and collaborate with security, infrastructure, and business teams to manage scope, risks, and dependencies while advancing DevOps practices and production

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience with enterprise integration architecture and hands-on delivery.
• Expertise in Azure API Management, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, ETL, and file transfer.
• Strong knowledge of integration security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, mutual TLS, API keys).
• Experience with DevOps, Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, automated deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Ability to lead teams, troubleshoot complex issues, and manage technical risks with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Architecture and design: Define end-to-end integration architecture, patterns, standards, and reusable components.
• API and microservices: Lead API design, Azure API Management implementation, and Java/Spring Boot microservices delivery.
• Event, data, and file integration: Architect Kafka-based integrations, data pipelines, and secure managed file transfers.
• Technical leadership: Guide teams, review designs/code, resolve complex issues, and ensure adherence to enterprise standards.
• DevOps and operations: Support CI/CD, observability, monitoring, performance, production readiness, and operational stability.
• Stakeholder management: Collaborate with architects, security, infrastructure, application, and business teams to manage scope, risks, and dependencies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure API Management

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Kafka

ETL

Managed file transfer

Git

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

Vaspire Technologies Inc. in Columbus, OH, seeks a Lead Enterprise Integration Architect to shape end-to-end integration across APIs, microservices, Kafka, and managed file transfers.

You will design secure, scalable patterns and provide technical leadership for large programs. You will guide architecture governance, oversee delivery, and collaborate with security, infrastructure, and business teams to manage scope, risks, and dependencies while advancing DevOps practices and production