Sr. Integration Engineer

Associated Wholesale Grocers; Kansas City (KS); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

401(k) with 4% match

Tuition Reimbursement

Yearly Holiday Bonus

Job summary

Associated Wholesale Grocers is seeking a Sr. Solution Engineer I to develop integration solutions using Azure Integration Services. This role involves independent problem-solving and collaboration with customers to deliver high-quality, timely solutions.

The successful candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of application development experience, particularly in the retail or consumer goods sectors. A hybrid work model is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of Application Development experience.
• Retail or Consumer Product Goods industry experience required.
• Experience with full SDLC including agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions based on requirements using AWG standards.
• Deliver technical solutions with high quality and on time.
• Collaborate with customers to understand business problems.

Skills

API design/development

Enterprise Application Integration

Azure Integration Services

Java/Spring Boot

Terraform

Analytical skills

Microservices architecture

Cloud-native architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

IBM Integration Bus

DataPower/API Gateways

Job description

Sr. Solution Engineer I

Location: 5000 Kansas Avenue Kansas City, KS 66106

Work Model: Hybrid

Department: Information Technology

Overview

The Senior Integration Engineer is the premier customer-facing role serving as an advisor, subject-matter expert, and delivery partner for our customers. As an experienced Engineer with a focus on solution implementation, you’ll be responsible for guiding our customers from concept to go-live and rollout. You are a passionate technologist who is up to date on the latest technologies, can dive into processes and loves applying your skills to solve a customer challenge.

Deliver Solutions (30%)

• Work independently to develop solutions based on requirements using AWG standards.
• Work with other team members on various solutions.
• Deliver technical solutions with the highest quality and on time, on budget.
• Designing and implementing robust end-to-end and cloud-native integration solutions using Microsoft Azure.

Support Availability and Services (25%)

• Troubleshoot and develop a solution to the problem.
• Collaborate with other developers and other support engineers.
• Being on-call.

Develop IT Strategy (25%)

• Collaborate with customers to understand their business problems or needs and desired outcomes.
• In collaboration with other members of the team, build reusable assets and materials that enable the AWG community.
• Design and document technical integration architecture and strategies.

Development and Continuous Improvement Culture (20%)

• Work closely with team members to develop, troubleshoot, and deliver solutions.
• Continuous improvement mentality.
• Open to receive and give constructive feedback.
• Mentor developers in integration technologies and contribute to technical leadership and code reviews.

Requirements

Previous Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, computer information systems, or related degree, or experience.
• Minimum 10 years of Application Development experience.
• Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience.
• Experience developing applications and services.
• Experience executing on the organizational operation vision and goals, in alignment with department leadership.
• Solid experience with full SDLC – requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment using waterfall and/or agile methodologies.
• Deep expertise in all types of integration methodologies/platforms including API design/development, Event driven, batch and cloud services.
• Experience with application development, API Management, microservices frameworks, middleware, container orchestration, and databases.

Knowledge & Skills

• Design and develop enterprise integration solutions using Azure Integration Services including Azure API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Logic Apps.
• Experience in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Pub/Sub integration methodologies, B2B/EDI integration, and API Management for real-time, batch, and hybrid APIs.
• Build microservices using Java/Spring Boot and integrate them with Azure services.
• Implement security for APIs and backend services.
• Establish enterprise integration patterns, design guidelines, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices architecture, event-based/message architectures.
• Knowledge of IBM Integration Bus (IIB)/ App Connect Enterprise (ACE), MQ and DataPower/API Gateways (or similar).
• Develop Terraform scripts to provision Azure Integration Services across multiple environments and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies over career and ability to learn new technologies.
• Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs from different perspectives in working towards delivering an exceptional product experience.
• Knowledge in designing, developing, and implementing high performing, large scale, and complex systems including integration with third-party applications.
• Knowledge in solution evaluation/selection and implementation for large scale, and complex environments.
• A continual learner who analyzes success and failures and looks for continual improvements. Strong personal accountability to push past barriers. Not afraid to experiment to find new solutions.
• Ability to see the broader perspective and/or future looking perspective. Not afraid to guide others on tech/analyst tasks and share subject matter/business process or technical expertise.
• Skilled in documentation/ deliverables required to support SDLC/ methodology expectations.
• Self-motivated to seek out information, research, analyze and diagnose when subject matter expertise is not available.
• Strong collaborator and team player.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• 401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Wellness Program
• Yearly Holiday Bonus