Senior Integration Architect

International; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

International Motors seeks aSenior Integration Architect to lead enterprise integration vision, strategy, and execution across platforms. You will modernize legacy systems toward API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native models, guiding governance and standards.

The ideal candidate will own reference architectures and drive orchestration, middleware modernization, and secure, scalable hybrid integrations. You will partner with Digital Strategy and technology leaders to deliver enterprise wide

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 11 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience
• Master's degree and at least 9 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience
• At least 14 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; no visa sponsorship expected

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise integration vision, roadmap, and reference architectures for future ready digital platforms.
• Establish and govern integration frameworks, design patterns, and architectural standards.
• Author and govern enterprise integration documentation that codifies methods, standards, and reusable patterns.
• Lead modernization of legacy integration ecosystems toward API first, event driven, and cloud native models.
• Apply deep expertise in SOA, service orchestration, and middleware platforms.
• Oversee modernization of orchestration heavy integrations to lightweight, decoupled, API centric patterns.
• Design integration solutions spanning on prem, private cloud, and public cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Demonstrate strong command of API management platforms, gateways, service meshes, and event streaming technologies.
• Work with modern integration platforms such as Azure Integration Services, Kafka, MuleSoft.
• Mentor integration engineers and platform teams; ensure reliability and security of critical services.

Skills

Integration architecture

SOA principles

API-led connectivity

Event-driven architecture

Cloud integration

Security protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Oracle SOA Suite

Azure Integration Services

Kafka

MuleSoft

Job description

Position Overview

International Motors is seeking a highly skilled Senior Integration Architect to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of enterprise wide integration capabilities. This role is responsible for shaping our future ready integration landscape, modernizing legacy platforms, and guiding the organization toward API driven, event driven, and cloud native architectures.

The ideal candidate is an expert in integration frameworks, middleware modernization, hybrid/cloud integration, and enterprise architectural governance. You will partner closely with Digital Strategy leaders and other technology leaders, serving as a trusted advisor and driving strategic transformation across the organization.

Responsibilities

Strategic & Architectural Leadership

• Define the enterprise integration vision, roadmap, and reference architectures for future ready digital platforms.
• Establish and govern integration frameworks, design patterns, and architectural standards.
• Author and govern enterprise integration documentation that codifies methods, standards, and reusable patterns, including tool selection guidance by architecture style, technology stack, use case, and COTS platform.
• Lead modernization of legacy integration ecosystems toward API first, event driven, and cloud native models.

SOA, Orchestration & Middleware Expertise

• Apply deep expertise in SOA principles, service orchestration, and enterprise middleware platforms (e.g., Oracle SOA Suite).
• Oversee modernization of orchestration heavy integrations to lightweight, decoupled, API centric patterns.
• Define disposition strategies for legacy middleware (retain, retire, replace, modernize).

Hybrid & Cloud Integration Mastery

• Design integration solutions spanning on prem, private cloud, and public cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Select and apply the appropriate integration pattern (API, messaging, events, ETL, microservices).
• Demonstrate strong command of API management platforms, gateways, service meshes, and event streaming technologies.
• Ensure hybrid integrations are scalable, secure, resilient, and optimized for enterprise performance.

Technical Mastery of Integration Patterns & Platforms

• Serve as an expert in EAI, ESB, API led connectivity, event driven architecture, and microservices integration.
• Work with modern integration platforms such as Azure Integration Services, Kafka, MuleSoft, and similar tools.
• Apply strong understanding of data flows, canonical models, master data dependencies, and system interoperability.
• Demonstrate expertise in modern security protocols and mechanisms, including OpenID Connect, OAuth, certificate based authentication, and related standards, for securely exposing and consuming integration endpoints.
• Ensure integrations meet enterprise standards for reliability, performance, observability, and security.

Governance, Standards & Quality

• Establish integration governance models including versioning, lifecycle management, and asset reuse strategies.
• Drive consistency through reusable components, shared services, and standardized integration patterns.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, data protection, and regulatory requirements.

Transformation & Legacy Modernization

• Evaluate legacy integration platforms and define strategic disposition (retain, retire, replace, modernize).
• Lead teams through cloud native, API centric modernization initiatives.
• Balance near term delivery needs with long term modernization goals to reduce technical debt.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering teams, Application and platform owners, and other stakeholders.
• Mentor integration engineers and platform teams, promoting best practice adoption.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and executive audiences.
• Assist engineering and operations teams with incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem resolution to ensure stability and reliability of critical integration services.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 11 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience

OR

• Master's degree and at least 9 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience

OR

• At least 14 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience

Additional Requirements

• Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills

• 7+ years of combined experience in integration architecture and/or enterprise architecture roles.
• Expertise in SOA, API first design, event driven a