Principal Architect - Integration & Automation
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About the Role
Edison Smart is seeking a Principal Architect specializing in Integration & Automation for a leading enterprise technology consultancy in Dubai. The role involves leading enterprise integration strategy, API management, event-driven architecture, and automation platforms, working directly with CIOs and CTOs.
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Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise integration and automation architecture engagements
- Define API first, microservices and event driven transformation strategies
- Design enterprise integration frameworks and reference architectures
- Develop HLDs, LLDs, architecture blueprints and solution sizing documentation
- Support strategic customer engagements from technical discovery through to solution design
- Engage with CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects and senior technology stakeholders
- Deliver technical workshops and architecture governance activities
- Support complex enterprise technology sales opportunities
- Build reusable reference architectures and integration best practices
Requirements
- 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
- 7+ years in Integration Architecture, Middleware Architecture or API Architecture
- Strong experience with API Management platforms
- Strong understanding of Enterprise Integration patterns
- Experience designing Microservices based architectures
- Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Enterprise Messaging
- Experience supporting enterprise technology sales cycles
- Experience leading architecture workshops and customer engagements
- Experience presenting to executive and technical stakeholders
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Role Overview
- We are supporting a leading enterprise technology consultancy in the search for a Principal Architect specialising in Integration & Automation.
- This is a senior customer facing architecture role focused on enterprise integration strategy, API management, event driven architecture and automation platforms.
- The successful candidate will work directly with CIOs, CTOs and Enterprise Architecture teams to design modern integration frameworks and support large scale digital transformation programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise integration and automation architecture engagements
- Define API first, microservices and event driven transformation strategies
- Design enterprise integration frameworks and reference architectures
- Develop HLDs, LLDs, architecture blueprints and solution sizing documentation
- Support strategic customer engagements from technical discovery through to solution design
- Engage with CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects and senior technology stakeholders
- Deliver technical workshops and architecture governance activities
- Support complex enterprise technology sales opportunities
- Build reusable reference architectures and integration best practices
Required Experience
- 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
- 7+ years in Integration Architecture, Middleware Architecture or API Architecture
- Strong experience with API Management platforms
- Strong understanding of Enterprise Integration patterns
- Experience designing Microservices based architectures
- Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Enterprise Messaging
- Experience supporting enterprise technology sales cycles
- Experience leading architecture workshops and customer engagements
- Experience presenting to executive and technical stakeholders
Preferred Technical Expertise
- API Management Platforms
- Enterprise Integration Platforms
- Enterprise Messaging Technologies
- Event Streaming Platforms
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
- Workflow Automation Platforms
- Business Process Automation
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Hybrid Cloud Platforms
Preferred Vendor Experience
- IBM API Connect
- IBM MQ
- IBM Event Streams
- MuleSoft
- Boomi
- Oracle Integration Cloud
- SAP Integration Suite
- Software AG
- TIBCO
- Azure Integration Services
- Red Hat Integration
Preferred Background
- Experience working within enterprise technology vendors, systems integrators or consulting organisations supporting large enterprise and government customers.
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