Integrations Lead

As Technology Integrations Lead at Essentra, responsible for critical integrations connecting internal & external business applications and digital services, you will be a passionate leader who thrives on delivering challenging projects in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

You will architect, implement, and manage enterprise-grade integration solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services . This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, overseeing a team of developers and engineers to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing integration solutions across the organization. You will define and continuously improve integration standards and patterns, working in close collaboration with Enterprise Architecture colleagues and technical system experts, delivering and maintaining robust and flexible integrations which enable Essentra's business. The role will entail team both hands on development as well as management of, permanent team members and scaling based on demand with partners/contractors. You will collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders and be influential in driving integrations architecture patterns across Essentra.

Responsibilities

• Leading by example on our enterprise integrations across strategy, architecture and technical delivery
• Guiding and mentoring the integrations development team members
• Architect and manage integrations and APIs using Azure Integration Services and API Management, ensuring secure, scalable, and reusable interfaces.
• Hands-on integrations development as well as leading others
• Assuring governance, guardrails, designs, delivery, security, quality and performance
• Lead the development of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates and CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and/or GitHub .
• Maintenance & operational support ownership of live integration services
• Act as the primary escalation point for integration

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure Integration Services
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure DevOps
• Strong integration design and implementation experience
• Coding experience with one or more of .Net, C#, Java
• Proven track record of guiding and mentoring engineers of differing levels of maturity
• Adept at and managing the delivery of technology service providers, contractors & partners - including resource/capacity planning & reporting
• High degree of initiative, dependability, and ability to work without supervision.

What we offer:

• Attractive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional paid day off for your birthday
• Paid day off for volunteering
• Employee Assistance Program