Integration Solution Architect

Are you ready to make a difference? Join Boots as an Integration Solution Architect in our Technology team based in Nottingham, Beeston. Here at Boots, we work every day to build a brilliant environment for our people, empowering them to deliver care, confidence, and connection to our customers and colleagues.

What you'll be doing: As an Integration Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our technology landscape. You'll lead the design and governance of integration solutions across a diverse enterprise landscape. Including both hands-on engagement in delivery, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reusable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and modern integration patterns within a Centre for Enablement (C4E) model.

You will work closely with key stakeholders across product, engineering, and architecture to drive API-led, cloud-native, and event-driven solutions, supporting both transformation initiatives and ongoing platform evolution.

Integration Architecture Scope: The solution architect will design and govern solutions across a multi-platform integration ecosystem, including:

• MuleSoft Anypoint Platform (CloudHub & hybrid/Kubernetes runtimes)
• Enterprise Service Bus Platforms (IBM WebMethods & IBM App Connect Enterprise)
• API Management (Google Apigee)
• Event streaming and messaging (Confluent Kafka, IBM Universal Messaging and WMQ)
• Other data integration tooling (ADF, Talend), * Design and implement solutions using API-led connectivity (System, Process, Experience APIs) and event-driven patterns, promoting API reuse.
• Act as the primary architecture contact for Product Managers, Project Managers, and business stakeholders.
• Produce high-quality architecture artefacts (HLDs, decision logs) and review LLD's aligned to enterprise standards.
• Define and document integration patterns, reusable components, and reference architecture.
• Guide adoption of cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
• Support coexistence and rationalisation of legacy and modern integration platforms.
• Provide hands-on architectural guidance to engineering teams throughout delivery.
• Support design discussions for MuleSoft deployments, including CloudHub and Kubernetes runtime models.
• Provide governance/assurance for projects following C4E practice for Mulesoft.
• Support teams in resolving design challenges and delivery blockers and ensure adherence to architecture governance processes, standards, and design quality gates.
• Support implementation within design of API, integration, and security standards (e.g., OAuth, mTLS, data protection).
• Review and approve solution designs from internal teams, partners, and third parties.
• Promote observability, monitoring, and resilience patterns (e.g., logging, tracing, alerting) and collaborate with platform teams to ensure operational readiness and scalability.

Do you have experience in Talend?, * Proven experience as a Solution Architect within integration-heavy environments working within MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Azure, cloud integration services or hybrid integration architectures.

• Strong track record delivering end-to-end solution designs in complex enterprise landscapes
• Deep understanding of integration patterns, distributed systems, and API architecture
• Strong knowledge of API-led connectivity, RESTful API design and governance and Event-driven architecture and messaging.
• Proven ability to influence and guide decision-making at both technical and business levels.
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements such as GDPR and PCI.
• Ability to design secure integration solutions across APIs and platforms.

It would be great if you also have:

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience in a retail or Pharmacy environment.
• Experience supporting or defining a Centre for Enablement (C4E) model.

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership, * Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 6% company contribution)
• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Flexible benefits scheme including options for additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, and much more.

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At Boots, we believe in your potential. You'll have opportunities for career development and growth, supported by a culture that values learning and progress., At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported, and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.