Integration Architect

Role Summary

Work with us to build modern Insurtech AI underpinned solutions we are a growing team of hands on architects striving to build high quality solutions for our internal and external customers. The Integration Architect designs and implements integration solutions across the Xceedance insurance ecosystem architecting API platforms messaging systems and integration patterns enabling seamless connectivity between applications systems and third-party services using Microsoft Azure as the primary platform.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Integration Architecture & Strategy - Defines integration strategy and roadmap designing architectures encompassing API management messaging systems and event-driven patterns using Azure API Management Azure Service Bus Azure Event Hubs and Azure Logic Apps. Establishes integration standards implementing API-first design event-driven architectures and microservices communication patterns. Evaluates platforms including MuleSoft Dell Boomi and Apache Camel for specific use cases balancing cloud-native solutions with hybrid integration requirements.

API Platform Architecture - Architects API platforms serving internal microservices external partners and mobile applications. Designs API gateways implementing authentication authorization rate limiting and versioning using Azure API Management and AWS API Gateway. Establishes governance frameworks for RESTful APIs following OpenAPI/Swagger specifications GraphQL APIs for flexible querying and gRPC for high-performance communication. Creates API lifecycle management processes covering design documentation versioning and deprecation.

Event-Driven Architecture & Messaging - Designs event-driven architectures enabling real-time synchronization and asynchronous processing using Azure Service Bus for enterprise messaging Azure Event Hubs and Apache Kafka for event streaming and RabbitMQ for lightweight queuing. Implements publish-subscribe patterns event sourcing and CQRS for insurance workflows requiring audit trails. Designs message routing transformation and error handling ensuring reliable delivery and exactly-once processing.

Integration Patterns & Solutions - Implements Enterprise Integration Patterns including message routing transformation aggregation claim check and saga patterns for distributed transactions. Designs integration flows supporting synchronous request-response asynchronous fire-and-forget and batch integration with legacy systems. Establishes error handling retry policies circuit breakers and compensation logic ensuring resilient integrations.

iPaaS and Low-Code Integration - Architects solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform Azure Logic Apps for workflow automation Dell Boomi for cloud and on-premises connectivity and Apache Camel for flexible routing. Designs reusable components and connectors for insurance platforms (Duck Creek Guidewire) with monitoring and observability.

Security & Governance - Implements API authentication using OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect JWT tokens API key management and mutual TLS for service communication. Establishes data protection including encryption sensitive data masking and compliance with GDPR CCPA and insurance regulations. Implements governance processes including design reviews security assessments and change management.

Data Transformation & Standards - Architects transformation solutions handling XML JSON CSV EDI and ACORD insurance standards. Designs mapping strategies for policy data claims billing and regulatory submissions ensuring semantic consistency. Implements validation logic and data quality checks within integration flows.

Performance & Scalability - Designs for high performance implementing caching message batching parallel processing and auto-scaling. Implements load balancing throttling and rate limiting while establishing performance baselines with monitoring and alerting.

Collaboration & Leadership - Works with application architects security teams and business stakeholders to deliver integration solutions. Mentors integration engineers leads design reviews and drives adoption of API-first and event-driven approaches.

Required Skills

Integration & Architecture - Enterprise Integration Patterns API-first design RESTful API design GraphQL event-driven architecture microservices communication CQRS event sourcing and integration architecture styles.

Platforms & Technologies - Azure API Management Azure Service Bus Azure Event Hubs Azure Logic Apps AWS API Gateway MuleSoft Anypoint Platform Dell Boomi Apache Kafka RabbitMQ Apache Camel OpenAPI/Swagger and GraphQL servers.

Data & Transformation - XML JSON EDI ACORD standards protocol buffers Avro data mapping tools and transformation logic (XSLT JSONata).

Security - OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect JWT API key management mutual TLS OWASP API Security Azure Key Vault and secrets management.

Monitoring & Observability - Azure Monitor Application Insights distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry) ELK stack and API performance monitoring.

Insurance Domain - Policy administration claims management billing systems ACORD standards insurance platform APIs (Duck Creek Guidewire) and regulatory requirements.

Required Experience

Seven or more years in software development integration or middleware roles with three years designing enterprise integration architectures. Proven Azure integration services expertise with experience in hybrid cloud integration and API platform implementations. Track record designing API platforms supporting hundreds of APIs implementing event-driven architectures processing millions of events and integrating complex insurance application portfolios. Experience implementing security best practices establishing governance frameworks and optimizing integration performance. Evidence of mentoring teams leading architectural reviews and establishing integration standards.

Certifications

MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Microsoft Certified: Azure Integration and Security. Valuable additions: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Dell Boomi Professional Architect Kong Certified API Architect.

Key Competencies

Insurance Domain Expertise - Understanding insurance business processes data flows ACORD standards regulatory requirements and common insurance platforms.

Technical Leadership - Leading architecture reviews establishing integration standards mentoring engineers communicating designs to stakeholders and balancing trade-offs.

Strategic Thinking - Defining integration roadmaps evaluating emerging technologies designing for scalability and making build-versus-buy decisions.

Innovation - Staying current with API management event streaming serverless integration and low-code platforms while driving adoption of modern patterns.