Manager, Integrations Development
Manager, Integrations Development
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Job Description
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for the Manager Integrations Development to join our global team.
Job Title: Manager Integrations Development
Team: Technology Strategy & Transformation
Reports To: Head of BI and Integration Solutions
Contract Length: Permanent
Grade: M2
Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location.
Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Europe WCA ESA MENAEE Time Zones (UTC/GMT / - 3 hours)
Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.
Language Requirements: English
International Travel Requirements: up to 5%
Budget Responsibility: None
People Management Responsibility:
Number of people managed in total: 2 x Integration Developers
Manager of a team: Yes
Team Manager (manager of multiple teams): No
Team purpose
Ensuring the robust safe and reliable operation of the organisation integration solutions based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities that enables SCIs core operating platforms and end users.
Role purpose
Managing a team and working with members of the wider global TDIT team the role holder will be responsible for building implementing continuously improving supporting and analysing integrations solutions within the organisation. This role will partner with business stakeholders and product owners in order to understand their analytics requirements and implement and maintain integrations solutions to meet these needs utilising best practices.
Principal Accountabilities
- Provide the organization with accurate and timely Azure integration solutions based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical goals.
- Lead the integration development team by providing guidance best practices and mentorship. Oversee code quality through reviews and ensure adherence to architectural standards.
- Identify and design innovative Azure integration engineering solutions to achieve technical objectives. Proactively source new and innovative solutions that provide clear business value and develop proof of concepts to demonstrate them.
- Develop and manage APIs and data transformation workflows to ensure smooth and secure integration between systems while maintaining data integrity and consistency.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to gather clarify and validate integration requirements. Set clear expectations on delivery timelines functionality and potential risks ensuring stakeholder alignment throughout the process.
- Estimate and deliver integration project tasks to agreed-upon prioritization and timeframes. Proactively manage technical project risks and issues related to integration development.
- Maintain and support existing integration solutions identifying areas for improvement and ensuring platform stability through regular updates and troubleshooting.
- Implement monitoring strategies using Azure tools ensuring real-time visibility into integration performance and managing any incidents that arise to maintain continuous service availability.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation for all integration solutions providing clear insights for future development maintenance and audits. Regularly report project progress to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Assist management in designing agreeing implementing and managing changes to the integration platform to meet evolving business needs. Contribute to platform scaling and futureproofing through strategic planning and innovation.
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Extensive experience as a developer including significant time in integration roles with senior-level responsibilities demonstrating a strong understanding of application integrations data integrations Event-Driven and Service-Oriented Architecture.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing robust integration solutions with a strong understanding of integration architecture patterns (e.g. point-to-point Enterprise Service Bus API management).
- Extensive experience with cloud-based integration platforms and tools including serverless computing messaging services data pipelines and monitoring solutions enabling cloud-first integration strategies.
- Extensive experience with Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) including both Agile and traditional Waterfall methodologies ensuring adaptability across project environments.
- Experience managing source control with version control systems (e.g. Git) alongside familiarity with diverse project management practices and methodologies ensuring organized and efficient project workflows.
- Demonstrable interpersonal and communication skills enabling the effective translation of complex technical ideas to non-expert stakeholders while fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- A history of designing and implementing functional and engaging reporting solutions that meet both business and technical requirements.
- Good knowledge of networking and data protocols providing a foundation for troubleshooting and ensuring seamless communication across integrated systems
Desirable
- Hands-on experience with platforms like Microsoft Azure Integration Services MuleSoft Dell Boomi or Apache Kafka.
- Expertise in API design development and management including RESTful APIs and API security.
- Familiarity with event streaming platforms (e.g. Apache Kafka Azure Event Hub AWS Kinesis) for real-time integrations.
- Knowledge of data transformation tools ETL processes and database integration techniques.
- Relevant certifications (e.g. Azure Developer Associate MuleSoft Certified Developer AWS Certified Developer).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for efficient integration solution deployment.
- Understanding of integration-related security practices (e.g. OAuth SAML encryption standards).
Key Relationships
Internal (excluding direct team and manager)
- Business Product Owners
- Business Stakeholders
- Transformation Delivery (TD) (PMO Project Teams Business Analysis)
- Functional Experts (Business and IT)
- Other IT teams (specifically Testing & Release Management Information Security Architecture BI Operations and Support)
External
- Vendors
- 3rd Party Support organisations
- Save the Children Member Organisations
- Recruitment Consultants
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrated skills and experience are more important that formal education and qualifications in this role therefore none are considered essential
Desirable
- Bachelors degree in computer science IT or related field.
- Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate (AZ 204)
- Training or experience in Microsoft Azure Integration Technologies such as Azure Logic Apps Azure Functions Azure Service Bus Azure Data Factory and Azure Monitoring
- Experience with Git or Azure DevOps
- Proficiency in C#
- Certified ScrumMaster or Agile certification
- Terraform experience
Working at Save the ChildrenInternational
We know that great people make a great organisation and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition creativity and integrity are highly valued.
The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children you will be in good company working with talented like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive learn and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure childrens voices are heard at the highest levels and that we achieve our global strategy Ambition for Children 2030 and reach every last child.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
DEI is core to our vision values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse equitable and inclusive organisation and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival protection development and participation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender sexual orientation race colour ethnic origin nationality disability marital or civil partnership status gender reassignment pregnancy and maternity caring or parental responsibilities age or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.
Application Information
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found herevia the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.
Our recruitment process:
- Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
- Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
- Some recruitmentmay include an additional assessment or case study stage or a third stage interview
- If successful you will receive a conditional offer of employment followed by your contract subject to passing background checks
We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment Health and Safety Safeguarding and DEI and Equal Opportunities.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
