Integration Architects

General skills

• 10+ years relevant work experience leading integration architecture and delivery as part of complex transformation for major companies on key technologies

• Proven experience as integration architect and delivery lead in complex transformation programme from strategy through to execution:

  • Integration strategy and architecture

  • Integration design (service catalog, High Level Design, Low Level Design)

  • Agile / iterative delivery

  • API and ecosystem management

  • Operational management of integration including performance, security and monitoring

• Proven track record to shape and lead large multidisciplinary teams

• Proven experience to manage senior stakeholders including C suite, Director / head of practices.

Architecture and design skills

• Proven track record to define solutions leveraging data and integration to address complex strategic, business and technical problematics

• Experienced is leading the designing North Star strategic architecture, roadmap and transition states addressing business, technology and people aspects.

• Proven track record to interact with the business to influence and inform the technology enabled strategy and its application

• Experienced in developing technology strategy for large scale multi platform, multi domain transformation

• Expertise and proven track record to shape leading E2E cross platform modular architecture considering business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, security and other non functional aspects dimensions

• Ability to operate within multidisciplinary diverse teams to deliver high quality products and solutions, within architecture function and within larger transformation team

• Ability to drive and enforce continuity & traceability of information – across diverse stakeholders – throughout the transformation stages and therefore delivering fit for purpose solutions in line with strategic objectives.

• Setup and orchestrate the technology governance

• Drive the decision making process

• Proven and field tested architectural design skills and ability to discuss the merits and trade-offs of using any particular design approach and technology

• Proven expertise in integration architecture and design pattern

  • Protocols and formats SOA, Rest, JSON, XML, etc

  • Microservices

  • Error handling

  • Automation

  • Event driven architecture

  • API and ecosystem

  • Identity and Access management

  • Cloud to Cloud integration & Cloud to On Premise integration

  • Front end and back end integrations, network and infrastructure management

• Advanced knowledge of the multiple facets of integration to enable modular solution:

  • Design of business services and management of data / integration in line with requirements and use cases

  • Holistic understanding of the E2E solution to develop and manage a coherent integration service catalogue (reusability and governance)

  • Advanced technical knowledge of the leading integration patterns and protocols

  • Governance and operational management of integration leveraging DevSecOps (CICD, container, etc)

  • Performance, scalability and security and other non functional requirements

• Complete understanding of solution, data & security aspects influencing integration designs:

  • Solution: E2E solution architecture, business process, data flow, SaaS and other type of Cloud and On premise applications

  • Data: Enterprise data model, data modeling, Master data management

  • Security: data normalization, secured perimeter, Identity and Access Management, Role Based Access Control, encryption / decryption

• vast knowledge of integration vendor landscape

• Hands on experience and certifications for several key player(s) including Mulesoft, Google Apigee, Informatica, Openshift and Hyperscaler integration solutions (AWS, Azure, Google)

• Proven track records and ideally certifications on key leading architecture and integration standards (e.g. TOGAF), delivery standards (e.g. SaFe, Scrum, etc)

• Drive and support the internal growth of the strategy and architecture capabilities

• Act as role model to enable junior resources development

Collaboration and teaming skills

• Multiple experience in fluid environments delivering complex solutions in Agile and iterative delivery models.

• Used to work across diverse stakeholders in a multidisciplinary environment

• Multi industry expertise with experiences across Tier 1 companies

Baseline consulting skills

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

• Effective written and verbal communication

• Organizational ability to manage and work on multiple projects / tasks

• Adaptability to the client needs and industry areas

• Experiences across one or more industries including Energy & Utilities, Retail and Consumer, Telecommunications Media and technology, Finance

• Coaching and mentoring other resources

• Continuous learning to remain up to date and informed of the latest trends

To be successful in this Solution Architecture Manager role you will need

Proven track record to shape and deliver robust leading solutions in complex and fluid environments.

Architecture skills spanning across Solution, data and integration domains while being aware of infrastructure, security and other non functional dimensions.

Expertise and proven track record to shape and deliver integration strategies

Experience to shape and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex solutions.

Strong knowledge of the vendor landscape, ideally with leading certifications.

Proven understanding of Cloud market and technologies.

Ability to operate across multiple lines of business and team up with other PwC disciplines to enrich the support to our clients.

Support the business development activities in combination with client delivery and practice growth.

Adaptability to continuously learn and develop the necessary skills to progress and stretch yourself.

Strong autonomy and drive to ensure quality progress and outputs.

Ability to drive teams in fluid environments to define relevant next steps, collect buy-in to bring clarity and progress.

Consulting
In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients’ business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries – everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.

The skills we look for in future employees
All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

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The Deal
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Diversity
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We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.

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