Integration Architect

Technical Architect

Technical/Functional Skills Java, Kafka & Streaming

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide integration architecture, standards, and best practices.

• Design scalable, resilient, and secure integration solutions using Java, Kafka, and streaming technologies.

• Establish integration and messaging patterns for microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.

• Develop target-state architecture and roadmap for modernization initiatives.

• Drive adoption of event-driven architecture (EDA) and real-time data integration frameworks.

• Lead architecture and design discussions with business and technology stakeholders.

• Design end-to-end integration solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid platforms.

• Create high-level and low-level design documents, architecture diagrams, and technical specifications.

• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies supporting business objectives.

• Design enterprise Kafka architecture including:

• Topics and partition strategies
• Consumer groups
• Replication and failover mechanisms
• Schema Registry
• Kafka Connect
• Kafka Streams

• Define standards for event modeling, event governance, and message schemas.

• Architect real-time streaming solutions for high-volume and low-latency processing.

• Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and operational excellence of Kafka platforms.

• Establish monitoring and observability frameworks for streaming applications.

• Define architectural standards for Java and Spring Boot-based applications.

• Design microservices-based integration solutions leveraging Kafka and REST APIs.

• Guide development teams in implementing loosely coupled and scalable services.

• Establish coding standards, security practices, and architectural guardrails.

• Drive API management and service lifecycle governance.

• Architect integration solutions on cloud platforms such as:

• AWS (MSK, ECS, EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3)
• Azure (Event Hub, Service Bus, AKS)

• Design containerized and Kubernetes-based deployment architectures.

• Collaborate with Platform Engineering teams on infrastructure and automation strategies.

• Support hybrid cloud and multi-cloud integration initiatives.

• Define CI/CD standards for integration and streaming platforms.

• Promote Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and deployment automation.

• Ensure observability using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, and other monitoring tools.

• Drive operational excellence and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.

Java (8/11/17+)

Spring Boot, Spring Cloud

Apache Kafka

Kafka Streams

Kafka Connect

Confluent Platform

REST APIs & Microservices

Salary Range- $110,000-$140,000 a year

Location Irvine, CA

Job Function TECHNOLOGY

Role Technical Architect

Job Id 424421

Salary Range $110,000-$140,000 a year