Senior Enterprise Integration Architect

International Motors is seeking a highly skilled Senior Lead Integration Architect to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of enterprise wide integration capabilities. This role is responsible for shaping our future ready integration landscape, modernizing legacy platforms, and guiding the organization toward API driven, event driven, and cloud native architectures.

The ideal candidate is an expert in integration frameworks, middleware modernization, hybrid/cloud integration, and enterprise architectural governance. You will partner closely with Digital Strategy leaders and other technology leaders, serving as a trusted advisor and driving strategic transformation across the organization., Strategic & Architectural Leadership

Define the enterprise integration vision, roadmap, and reference architectures for future ready digital platforms.

Establish and govern integration frameworks, design patterns, and architectural standards.

Author and govern enterprise integration documentation that codifies methods, standards, and reusable patterns, including tool selection guidance by architecture style, technology stack, use case, and COTS platform.

Lead modernization of legacy integration ecosystems toward API first, event driven, and cloud native models.

SOA, Orchestration & Middleware Expertise

Apply deep expertise in SOA principles, service orchestration, and enterprise middleware platforms (e.g., Oracle SOA Suite).

Oversee modernization of orchestration heavy integrations to lightweight, decoupled, API centric patterns.

Define disposition strategies for legacy middleware (retain, retire, replace, modernize).

Hybrid & Cloud Integration Mastery

Design integration solutions spanning on prem, private cloud, and public cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).

Select and apply the appropriate integration pattern (API, messaging, events, ETL, microservices).

Demonstrate strong command of API management platforms, gateways, service meshes, and event streaming technologies.

Ensure hybrid integrations are scalable, secure, resilient, and optimized for enterprise performance.

Technical Mastery of Integration Patterns & Platforms

Serve as an expert in EAI, ESB, API led connectivity, event driven architecture, and microservices integration.

Work with modern integration platforms such as Azure Integration Services, Kafka, MuleSoft, and similar tools.

Apply strong understanding of data flows, canonical models, master data dependencies, and system interoperability.

Demonstrate expertise in modern security protocols and mechanisms, including OpenID Connect, OAuth, certificate based authentication, and related standards, for securely exposing and consuming integration endpoints.

Ensure integrations meet enterprise standards for reliability, performance, observability, and security.

Governance, Standards & Quality

Establish integration governance models including versioning, lifecycle management, and asset reuse strategies.

Drive consistency through reusable components, shared services, and standardized integration patterns.

Ensure compliance with enterprise security, data protection, and regulatory requirements.

Transformation & Legacy Modernization

Evaluate legacy integration platforms and define strategic disposition (retain, retire, replace, modernize).

Lead teams through cloud native, API centric modernization initiatives.

Balance near term delivery needs with long term modernization goals to reduce technical debt.

Collaboration & Leadership

Act as a trusted advisor to engineering teams, Application and platform owners, and other stakeholders.

Mentor integration engineers and platform teams, promoting best practice adoption.

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and executive audiences.

Assist engineering and operations teams with incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem resolution to ensure stability and reliability of critical integration services.

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 11 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience. At least 2 years of lead experience
• Master’s degree and at least 9 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience. At least 2 years of lead experience
• At least 14 years of Information Technology or IT Architecture experience. At least 2 years of lead experience, * 7+ years of combined experience in integration architecture and/or enterprise architecture roles.
• Expertise in SOA, API first design, event driven architecture, and cloud integration models.
• Hands on experience with API platforms, ESBs, integration middleware, and streaming technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP) and hybrid integration patterns.
• Proven ability to establish governance, drive architectural consistency, and lead modernization efforts.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in the manufacturing or automotive industry is considered a strong plus and highly valued.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment, preferably on an international level.
• Experience working with APIs, including deep experience with various API management solutions such as Microsoft APIM, Kong, Axway, Postman, Backstage, and similar platforms

This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.

About TRATON

With its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP and one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Group’s product portfolio comprises trucks, buses, and light-duty commercial vehicles. “Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.”: this intention underlines the Company’s ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Group’s commercial growth.