Enterprise Integration Architect – PaaS Services (Megh)

Enterprise Integration Architect – PaaS Services

Role Summary

The Enterprise Integration Architect will own the end-to-end integration strategy and architecture across PaaS services—enabling secure, scalable, and observable connectivity among applications, data platforms, and external ecosystems. This role spans API-led integration, event-driven architectures, messaging & streaming, CI/CD enablement, platform governance, and zero-trust security across multi-cloud/hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Define enterprise integration reference architecture covering API, event, and data integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous, pub/sub, CQRS, Saga/Orchestration/Choreography).
• Architect integration solutions for PaaS services (containers, serverless, managed DBs, messaging, streaming, iPaaS, API gateways) across multi-cloud/hybrid / private-cloud environments.
• Establish canonical data models, integration contracts, and versioning strategies; enforce standards via architecture reviews.
• Drive API-first strategy: REST/GraphQL/gRPC, gateway policies, developer portal, API lifecycle management.
• Lead designs for real-time streaming (Kafka/Confluent), event mesh (NATS/RabbitMQ), and integration pipelines (ETL/ELT) for data platforms.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement zero-trust integration: mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, token lifecycle, secrets management (e.g., KMS/Key Vault), and policy-as-code.
• Define and enforce data protection, PII handling, encryption (at-rest/in-transit), auditability, and compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI, HIPAA as applicable).
• Establish API & integration governance: design guides, naming/versioning, discoverability, SLAs/SLOs, and RBAC/ABAC.

Delivery, Enablement & Leadership

• Lead architecture roadmaps, reference implementations, and guardrails; guide solution architects and squads.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE on CI/CD, infra-as-code (Terraform), GitOps, and automated policy enforcement.
• Review designs/code for integration quality; steer platform onboarding and developer experience (DX) improvements.
• Partner with Security, Data, and Product teams to align integration capabilities with business outcomes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–15+ years in software/integration architecture; 5+ years in cloud-native PaaS.
• Deep expertise in API platforms (Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong), iPaaS (MuleSoft/Boomi), and event/streaming (Kafka/Confluent, RabbitMQ).
• Strong in microservices, DDD, event-driven patterns, sagas, orchestration/choreography, state management, and transaction boundaries.
• Hands-on with containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
• Proficient in security: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, mTLS, secrets mgmt (Key Vault/KMS), policy-as-code (OPA), and cloud-native IAM.
• Infra-as-code & automation (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD/GitOps), CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions/Jenkins).
• Observability stack: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/ELK-like, distributed tracing.
• Data integration: CDC, event sourcing, ETL/ELT tools, integration with data lakes/warehouses.
• Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, and solution leadership.

Enterprise Integration Architect – PaaS Services

Role Summary

The Enterprise Integration Architect will own the end-to-end integration strategy and architecture across PaaS services—enabling secure, scalable, and observable connectivity among applications, data platforms, and external ecosystems. This role spans API-led integration, event-driven architectures, messaging & streaming, CI/CD enablement, platform governance, and zero-trust security across multi-cloud/hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Define enterprise integration reference architecture covering API, event, and data integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous, pub/sub, CQRS, Saga/Orchestration/Choreography).
• Architect integration solutions for PaaS services (containers, serverless, managed DBs, messaging, streaming, iPaaS, API gateways) across multi-cloud/hybrid / private-cloud environments.
• Establish canonical data models, integration contracts, and versioning strategies; enforce standards via architecture reviews.
• Drive API-first strategy: REST/GraphQL/gRPC, gateway policies, developer portal, API lifecycle management.
• Lead designs for real-time streaming (Kafka/Confluent), event mesh (NATS/RabbitMQ), and integration pipelines (ETL/ELT) for data platforms.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement zero-trust integration: mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, token lifecycle, secrets management (e.g., KMS/Key Vault), and policy-as-code.
• Define and enforce data protection, PII handling, encryption (at-rest/in-transit), auditability, and compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI, HIPAA as applicable).
• Establish API & integration governance: design guides, naming/versioning, discoverability, SLAs/SLOs, and RBAC/ABAC.

Delivery, Enablement & Leadership

• Lead architecture roadmaps, reference implementations, and guardrails; guide solution architects and squads.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE on CI/CD, infra-as-code (Terraform), GitOps, and automated policy enforcement.
• Review designs/code for integration quality; steer platform onboarding and developer experience (DX) improvements.
• Partner with Security, Data, and Product teams to align integration capabilities with business outcomes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–15+ years in software/integration architecture; 5+ years in cloud-native PaaS.
• Deep expertise in API platforms (Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong), iPaaS (MuleSoft/Boomi), and event/streaming (Kafka/Confluent, RabbitMQ).
• Strong in microservices, DDD, event-driven patterns, sagas, orchestration/choreography, state management, and transaction boundaries.
• Hands-on with containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
• Proficient in security: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, mTLS, secrets mgmt (Key Vault/KMS), policy-as-code (OPA), and cloud-native IAM.
• Infra-as-code & automation (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD/GitOps), CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions/Jenkins).
• Observability stack: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/ELK-like, distributed tracing.
• Data integration: CDC, event sourcing, ETL/ELT tools, integration with data lakes/warehouses.
• Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, and solution leadership.