Sr. Integration Architect

What you'll do

Design and implement the enterprise data and integration strategy to prioritize maintainability, reusability, and scalability across both existing and new solutions, balancing business requirements with total cost of ownership. Implement secure strategies for data and integration. Set the vision and establish guidelines for best practices that align with the organization's digital strategy. Build and maintain relationships with Business Relationship Managers to support organizational needs. Develop and uphold a comprehensive application integration architecture blueprint for the organization.

• Design and Implement Integration Solutions: Design and implement integration solutions across ERP, WMS, TMS, MDM, external applications, EDI partners, and platforms supporting 3PL and co-manufacturing functions using BTP Integration Suite, Azure, Workato, Mulesoft, and Solace.
• Provide Technical Leadership to Implementation Teams: Offer consistent technical guidance to implementation teams, helping them manage complex data and integration projects effectively.
• Work with Cross-Functional Teams: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate and prioritize future programs and business opportunities, ensuring strategic alignment.
• Mentor and Lead Integration Teams: Mentor and lead integration teams, promoting best practices in system integration related to 3PL and co-manufacturing.
• Project Oversight: Oversee integration projects to ensure they meet technical specifications, business needs, budget, and timelines. Effectively communicate project status to various levels of management.
• Lead Development of Proofs of Concept: Lead the development of proofs of concept (POCs) using the BTP Integration Suite to add new capabilities.
• Ensure Compliance and Participate in Solution Enhancements: Ensure compliance with company policies, audit requirements, and data privacy acts. Participate in solution implementations, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Stay Updated with Industry Trends: Keep abreast of industry technologies and tools in the system integration domain, assessing the feasibility of emerging technologies and trends.
• Develop and Maintain the Technology Stack: Develop and maintain the technology stack to include commercial or open-source integration platforms.
• Advise Project Teams: Provide expert advice to project teams on the use of integration technology, data architecture and modeling, and system architecture including integration best practices.
• Manage Resources and Incident Responses: Manage internal resources as well as augmented or externally sourced team members. Handle incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
• Solution Design and Architecture: Lead the design of scalable integration solutions, emphasizing scalability and performance.
• Technology Evaluation and Selection: participate in the evaluation and recommendation of integration technologies, ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable integration architectures.
• Best Practices and Standards: Establish and enforce integration best practices, standards, and guidelines. Ensure that project and program teams understand integration concepts and know what they can expect out of it. Communicate integration value and capabilities.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for integration solutions.

What you'll bring to KIND

• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Best practices from other companies and industries.
• Ability to communicate and interact cross-functionally.
• Curiosity to learn new systems.
• Experience with BTP Integration Suite and other integration tools.
• Interested in staying hands-on technical as well as wearing that team management hat.
• Has passion for all things tech and has a drive to experiment with new technologies to see where they can benefit the business.
• Ability to navigate complex matrix organization.

You are...

• Able to multi-task with multiple projects and flexible timelines and expectations among a wide range of competing priorities
• Highly attentive to detail.
• Able to work both independently and with others in collaborative teams to meet common business initiatives.
• Ability to organize and priorities work.
• Ability to comfortably work in a fast paced, often ambiguous environment.
• Excellent at time management and accountable for your results and how those are achieved.
• Expert in solution design and development, vendor management, enterprise application support, in addition to strong business understanding and project management.

You have...

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as an Integration Solution Architect with a focus on designing and implementing complex integration solutions.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in API design, data integration, data quality, data governance, integration patterns, and security.
• Significant experience in systems integration within 3PL and co-manufacturing environments in the CPG industry.
• Experience managing relationships with vendors, consultants, IT teams, and internal stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of integration patterns, messaging protocols, and API management.
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration technologies such as ESBs, iPaaS, and middleware platforms like Mulesoft, Workato, Azure Integration Services, Solace, SAP BTP Integration Suite, and Axway.
• Experience with cloud-based integration solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong experience with REST and SOAP APIs, including creating secure service routes and API management.
• Experience in Event Driven Architecture, Event Mesh, and building integrations using Layered Architecture or API Led Architecture.
• Exposure to and experience with Composability and promoting the value of composable architecture.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance considerations and best practices for integration, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
• Leadership experience and the ability to influence and drive consensus among technical and non-technical teams.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Capability to work effectively in a multi-region business team and navigate complex organizational landscapes.

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range for this position is $119,250.00 - $166,950.00. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ.