Integration Architect

The Integration Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and governing the enterprise integration architecture that connects Border States' systems, partners, and applications. This role sets the strategy for API-first and event-driven integration patterns, establishes enterprise standards, and leads the development of reusable integration services that enable scalability, reliability, and business agility. The Integration Architect will play a critical role in maturing Border States' Integration Center of Excellence (iCoE), reducing technical debt, accelerating delivery, and enabling future capabilities such as real-time analytics and AI. Responsibilities

Essential duties

• Defines and maintains the enterprise integration strategy aligned with business priorities and digital transformation goals.

• Architects API-first and event-driven integration patterns to enable scalability, reuse, and clean-core SAP principles.

• Develops and maintains reference architectures, canonical data models, and integration standards.

• Architects and oversees integrations spanning our ERP backbone (SAP S/4HANA), cloud platform services (SAP BTP), and the broader application and partner ecosystem.

• Drives standardization and governance through the Integration Center of Excellence (iCoE).

• Reviews and approves integration designs, ensuring alignment with security, data, and enterprise architecture standards.

• Establishes policies for versioning, error handling, monitoring, lifecycle management, and observability.

• Builds reusable domain services (e.g., customer, material, order, invoice, inventory) and API/event catalogs.

• Oversees development of scalable, secure, and maintainable integration components.

• Ensures integrations are designed for future AI and analytics enablement through proper eventing, metadata, and data quality patterns.

• Serves as the integration authority and trusted advisor for cross-functional teams, solution architects, developers, and business leaders.

• Provides technical mentorship and guidance to integration developers and analysts.

• Supports the evaluation and onboarding of new SaaS or partner systems with standardized integration approaches.

• Builds and maintains enterprise-wide observability for integration flows (monitoring, tracing, alerts, dashboards).

• Enhances integration resilience through design patterns for retries, idempotency, error routing, and dead-letter handling. Non-essential duties

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate., * Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all

• Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Occasionally

• Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently

• Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally

• Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally

• Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally

• Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously

• Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally

• Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally

• Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously

• Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously

• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently

• Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally

• Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously

• 4 Year STEM Degree or equivalent in work experience, required.
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise integration architecture or related technical roles.
• Strong expertise with modern integration platforms (e.g., iPaaS, API gateways, messaging/event platforms, or hybrid integration environments).
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs, AsyncAPI/event-driven integrations, publish/subscribe messaging, and file/EDI-based integrations.
• Strong knowledge of modern integration patterns, including orchestration, event-driven messaging, and pub/sub models.
• Experience establishing integration standards, governance frameworks, reusable patterns, and domain services.
• Strong knowledge of master data and transactional domains (materials, customers, orders, invoices, inventory, etc..).

Skills and Abilities

• Translates business requirements into modern, maintainable integration designs.
• Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Applies strategic thinking with a strong architectural mindset.
• Learns new systems quickly and adapts to changing environments.
• Continuously improves processes and procedures.
• Builds effective, positive working relationships with customers, vendors, and team members.
• Works effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrates a proactive, can-do attitude and eagerness to tackle challenges.
• Performs well under pressure and resolves time-sensitive issues.
• Applies strong problem-solving skills individually and in group settings.
• Influences outcomes without formal authority.
• Provides excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Offers strong technical leadership and problem-solving capabilities.
• Drives reduction of complexity, tech debt, and friction to improve developer productivity.

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day: Occasionally 0 - 33% Frequently34 - 66% Continuously: 67 - 100%

• Lift from Waist:

• < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
• 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
• 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
• 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
• 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
• 100+ lbs. - Not at all

• Lift from Floor:

• < than 10 lbs. - Frequently
• 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
• 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
• 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
• 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
• 100+ lbs. - Not at all

• Carried for Distance:

• < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
• 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
• 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
• 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
• 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
• 100+ lbs. - Not at all

Physical Activity, adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.

Values As a Border States employee-owner, you're responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.

Our Purpose We believe unstoppable businesses shouldn't go it alone. We are owners - of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.

Service Philosophy We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.

Service Standards Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .

Your career Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?

Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity FSA & HSA Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Disability Benefits 401(k) Retirement Plan Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program Paid Holidays Paid Volunteer Time Personal Leave time and more! Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All

It's not just the law.It's something we've believed in since our founding.We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace

Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre-employment screenings:

• Criminal background check (required for all positions)
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
• Drug testing

The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you're empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work., Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers' needs, which drives our focus on