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# Cloud Integration Architect

- **Company:** Dexian DISYS
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Integration Architecture, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Databases, Data Vault Modeling, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Log Analysis, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Data Streaming, Azure Service Bus, Snowflake, Event Driven Architecture, Apache Kafka, Key Vault
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e295681b-9d6e-4efe-9fc6-e0c16710117c

## About the Role

* Experience designing and delivering distributed, event-driven systems
 * Hands-on experience with Kafka, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Event Hubs
 * Strong DBMS background: SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle, etc
 * Strong experience with Azure services, including:
 + Azure Container Apps or AKS
 + Storage / ADLS
 + Key Vault and ACR
 + Monitoring (Application Insights, Log Analytics)
 + Networking (private endpoints, DNS, hybrid connectivity)
 * Experience defining integration patterns and data models across systems
 * Ability to create clear, implementation-ready architecture and design documentation, * Snowflake
 * Experience working with enterprise governance processes (architecture reviews, permits)
 * Development background preferred (java/python or similar)

## Description

* Define platform-level approaches for:
 + Canonical event and data models
 + Integration contracts between systems
 + Data modeling approaches (including event-based and relational patterns, and data vault where it makes sense)
 * Design Azure-based services for ingestion, processing, and downstream integration (i.e. Azure Container Apps, AKS, etc)
 * Own hybrid integration architecture, including networking, security, and deployment patterns between Azure and onprem systems
 * Design event-driven integration patterns using on prem or cloud based messaging tools depending on the use case
 * Produce architecture documentation (SDDs, connectivity, security, DR, and observability) that can move through governance reviews without rework
 * Work with multiple teams to align on integration patterns and resolve gaps that affect delivery
 * Contribute hands-on where needed (building services, troubleshooting, validating integrations)


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