Integration Application Architect

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Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Integration Application Architect
Term: Contract – 6 months with extension
Location: Toronto – Hybrid once a week
Industry: Banking
Job ID number: 203

Description:
Integration Application Architect
Responsibilities :

• Application\Interface Design: Understands the Business requirements, solution architecture & translate them into interface design specifications to be used by development and QA teams. Design & document the application’s technical functionality, infrastructure, database, interfaces & integrations.
• Owns the integration design of cost-effective, secure, aligning with Enterprise and security architecture patterns\guidelines to meet the Business objectives.
• Actively collaborate with Solutions Architects, BSA and development leads to help accelerate building and review of low level design specifications thus, ensure the smoother transition of work packages to the integration development team.
• Present and elaborate on the interface design specifications with the key stakeholders time to time.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Communication Skills: Excellent Communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams and other stakeholders.
• Leadership Skills : Proven experience in leading and mentoring teams, with the ability to inspire and drive performance. Also, oversee detailed design work.
• Business Acumen : Ability to understand and integrate business and financial considerations into architectural decisions.

Must Have Technology Skills:

• Experience in Microsoft Azure technology stack – Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with at least 3 years as a Designer, Architect or similar role.
• Hands-on experience in creating UML, interface and sequence diagrams using industry standard diagramming tools.
• Hands-on experience in Data platform architecture, data modeling, deployment and data integration strategies in Azure.
• Proven in-depth experience with ETL tools and storage services in Azure such as, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage account\Data Lake, Azure Databricks, Synapse, Azure SQL DW and SQL etc.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Az Databricks, understanding its integration with Az services for data processing, analytics and machine learning projects.
• Experience in building and optimizing data pipelines in Az ADF and data bricks.
• Strong SQL coding skills and knowledge of Python is preferred.
• Experience with Azure Compute services such as, Azure VMs, Logic Apps, Functions, App services, AKS, containers etc.
• API design, API security, Microservices and Event-driven\Messaging architectures with exposure to Azure API Management, Azure Service Bus, Event hub, Azure Stream Analytics etc.
• Good understanding of Azure monitoring, Networking services, Network\Infra security best practices, in general.
• Good understanding of Azure DevOps, CI/CD tools and automation.
• Familiar with and comfortable working in Agile setup.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience of implementing integrations with CRM products such as, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics.
• Experience/knowledge in Analytics with reporting tools Tableau/Azure Power BI.
• Working knowledge of a programming language, .NET/.NET Core/Java/JS.