Integration Architect

ITC Infotech is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, one of India's foremost private sector companies and a diversified conglomerate. The ITC Group, with a market capitalization of $65 billion, is globally recognized as a leader in sustainability. The group's vision is to achieve world-class performance and create growing value for both the Indian economy and its stakeholders. This vision is supported by core values such as Trusteeship, where professional managers hold the company in "trust" for its stakeholders; a strong Customer Focus; Respect for People; a commitment to Excellence; a pursuit of Innovation; and a strong Nation Orientation. ITC Infotech's business philosophy is that business is at the center and technology is an enabler, as reflected in its tagline, "Business-friendly Solutions." The company offers a wide range of services and solutions across key business areas, including CIO Services (Automation, Digital Workplace, ERP), Digital Experience (Experience Transformation), and Product 4.0 (Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Manufacturing). In the last seven years, ITC Infotech has successfully doubled its revenue from $250 million to $500 million+ annually, with its EBIT improving from 8% to over 18%. With this strong growth momentum, ITC Infotech is now embarking on its next journey, known as 'Next Orbit,' with the ambitious goal of reaching $1 billion in annual revenue within the next four years. The Americas region is a critical part of this charter and is expected to increase its contribution to total revenue from the current 35% to a range of 40% to 50%. Manufacturing is a key vertical for the group and ITC Infotech with BFSI, Retail, CPG, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality being others. Role - Integration Architect Start Date: Immediate Position Type: Full Time (Medical, 401K, PTO etc.) Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Integration Architect to design, govern, and drive our enterprise integration strategy. In this role, you will be responsible for defining the architectural blueprints, patterns, and roadmaps that connect our diverse ecosystem of internal and external applications. As a key technical leader, you will champion Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), modern API design, and scalable hybrid-cloud integrations. You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and development leads to ensure our integration solutions are secure, highly scalable, reliable, and perfectly aligned with business objectives. Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership & Strategy Define Enterprise Strategy: Formulate and maintain the enterprise-wide integration strategy, roadmaps, and architectural standards. Pattern Definition: Design high-availability, low-latency Integration blueprints focusing on Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), Microservices, and API-led connectivity. Technology Evaluation: Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of middleware, ESB, iPaaS platforms, and messaging systems. Governance & Standards: Establish and enforce best practices, security frameworks, data governance policies, and design patterns across all integration projects. System & Integration Design End-to-End Design: Create comprehensive architectural designs and interface specifications for complex integrations spanning custom-built .NET Core applications, cloud services, and legacy systems. Scalability & Resilience: Ensure all integration architectures meet stringent non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as security, high availability, disaster recovery, performance, and scalability. Modern API Ecosystem: Design reusable API frameworks, microservices architectures, and robust API Gateway/management structures. Stakeholder Management: Bridge the gap between business requirements and technical delivery, presenting complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders. Mentorship & Code Quality: Provide technical guidance, leadership, and mentorship to Integration Developers and Lead Engineers. Conduct high-level design reviews and quality audits. DevOps & Delivery: Collaborate with DevOps teams to design optimized CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and containerization strategies for integration components. Technical Skills & Experience Core Architectures & Patterns Event-Driven Architecture (EDA): Deep theoretical and practical expertise in designing event-driven distributed systems, streaming architectures, and pub/sub patterns. Distributed Systems Design: Strong understanding of microservices patterns, circuit breakers, CQRS, sagas, and eventual consistency. Integration Patterns: Expert knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) and API security standards (OAuth2, OIDC, TLS, API Keys). Development & Frameworks: Strong background in C# and Microsoft .NET/.NET Core (specifically .NET 6/8+). Messaging & Streaming Platforms: Hands-on architectural experience with enterprise messaging solutions such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or AWS SNS/SQS. iPaaS & Middleware: Proven experience architecting solutions on major integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, IBM Integration Bus, or similar). Cloud & Containers: Strong architecture experience in cloud platforms (Azure or AWS) and container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes). Databases: Advanced understanding of database design, SQL Server, and NoSQL solutions in a distributed environment. Qualifications & Experience Requirements: Education: Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience: 14+ years of experience in software development and systems integration. 3+ years acting as an Integration Architect or Enterprise Architect in an enterprise-scale environment. Certifications (Preferred): Cloud Architecture certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional). Integration Platform Certifications (e.g., MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, Boomi Certified Integration Developer/Architect). Strategic Thinking: Ability to look at the "big picture" and balance short-term tactical deliveries with long-term strategic architectural goals. Communication & Influence: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven track record of influencing decisions across both technical and business boundaries. Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve highly complex architectural bottleneck issues. ITC Infotech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. ITC infotech is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. #J-18808-Ljbffr