Software Development Consultant (Azure)

COUNTRY Financial®; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 113,200 - 155,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Short-Term Incentive plan eligibility

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking an experienced Integration Developer to enhance enterprise integration capabilities using Azure services. The role involves developing application-centric integrations, supporting public cloud migration, and collaborating across teams. Candidates must have 10+ years of relevant experience, with expertise in Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and RESTful APIs. This position offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and a retirement plan.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in integration or middleware development.
• 5+ years of experience with Azure Integration Services.
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop integrations using Azure Functions and Logic Apps.
• Support public cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for integrations.

Skills

Enterprise Integration Development

Azure Functions

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Azure Logic Apps

Middleware development

Tools

Azure Integration Services

Informatica

MuleSoft

IBM Business Automation Workflow

Job description

Overview

Experience more with a career at COUNTRY Financial! We’re excited you’re interested in a career at COUNTRY as we strive toward our vision - to enrich lives in the communities we serve. Our footprint spans coast to coast. But more important than where we operate, is the people who do the work. Apply today to help our organization grow and make a difference for our clients.

About The Role

COUNTRY Financial is seeking an experienced Integration Developer to help expand our enterprise integration capabilities using Azure Integration Services, specifically Azure Logic Apps, Functions/Durable Functions, Service Bus, Event Hubs/Grid, Fabric, and Azure API Management.

Role

This role will work alongside an established integration team currently leveraging Informatica CDI-PC/ IDMC, MuleSoft, and IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW), and will play a key role in:

• Developing application centric, API led integrations on Azure
• Supporting our public cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Establishing patterns, standards, and best practices for Azure native integrations

This is a hands on developer role with strong influence on future integration architecture and will work in collaboration with our Engineering CoE team.

Azure Integration Development

• Design, develop, and support integrations using Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps (Consumption and Standard)
• Build, publish, and manage APIs using Azure API Management (policies, products, versioning, security)
• Implement synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns using HTTP, REST, messaging, and event driven approaches
• Develop integration solutions aligned with application centric and API led architecture principles.

Enterprise Integration & Collaboration

• Collaborates with BAW, Informatica and MuleSoft developers to implement hybrid integration solutions
• Translate existing BAW, MuleSoft or Informatica patterns into Azure native equivalents where appropriate
• Partner with Integration CoE, Enterprise Architecture and Security to ensure compliance with integration standards and policies
• Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and platform evaluations

Operational Excellence

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for integrations
• Support CI/CD pipelines (Git based) for integration assets
• Experience with Bicep IaC
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration defects and performance issues
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics and Dynatrace
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and integration runbooks

How does this role make an impact?

• Designs solutions after gathering business and technical requirements. - Develops software solutions that are high performing and meet technical standards. - Supports testing and problem solving/debugging of solutions. - Implements software solutions following best practices.

Do you have what we're looking for?

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise integration or middleware development
• 3+ years of hands on experience with Azure Integration Services, including:
• Azure Functions (HTTP-triggered, Service Bus-triggered)
• Familiarity with Durable Functions for stateful orchestration
• Azure Logic Apps
• Azure API Management
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs and service based integrations
• Working knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, managed identities, certificates)
• Working knowledge of Azure secure best practices: Private Endpoints, Service Endpoints
• Experience with JSON, XML, and data transformation concepts
• Familiarity with event and messaging platforms (Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hub)
• Experience working in medium to large enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modernizing or migrating integrations to Azure native platforms
• Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)
• Experience supporting insurance or financial services environments
• Familiarity with secure coding standards (OWASP, NIST, CIS)

Compensation

• Base Pay Range: $113,200-$155,650
• The base pay range represents the typical range of potential salary offers for candidates hired. Factors used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, qualifications and experience.
• Incentive Pay: Short-Term Incentive plan eligibility.

Why work with us?

Our employees and representatives serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services. We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities. We’re a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won’t get lost in the shuffle. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.

You’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match.

COUNTRY Financial is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment, and in providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

Come join our team at COUNTRY today!