Azure Integration Services Architect

About the Company :

Headquartered in California, U.S.A., GSPANN provides consulting and IT services to global clients. We help clients transform how they deliver business value by helping them optimize their IT capabilities, practices, and operations with our experience in retail, high-technology, and manufacturing. With five global delivery centers and 2200+ employees, we provide the intimacy of a boutique consultancy with the capabilities of a large IT services firm.

Role: Azure Integration Services Architect

Experience: 14+ Yrs

Work Location: Gurugram / Hyderabad

Skills: Integration architecture in Azure API Management, Expert in AIS (Azure Function / Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus / Event Hub, ADF), REST/SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, OData, security protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML, Basic Auth, Client Certificates).

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Azure Integration Services Architect where you will be working on the platform & Integration Architectures for various initiatives as well ensuring stable platform of current landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Governance & Standards

• Architect / Design Azure Integration Services (AIS) based solutions to meet the business objectives and enterprise integration reference architectures, patterns & standards.
• Lead the design and development of end-to-end integration architecture blueprints, patterns, and technical specifications for complex, high-volume, and mission-critical business processes.
• Offer architectural recommendations and best practices for implementation and optimizing the Integration solutions based on Azure API Management, Azure Function / Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus / Event Grid, ADF Experience on Event Driven Architecture Platforms like Solace is preferred.
• Manage Integration Architectures of the ongoing initiatives, ensuring successful architecture / designs adhering to the Enterprise Architecture standards / patterns / principles.
• Setting out clear standards for the Integration Architecture and ensuring products are delivering against agreed standards.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for deployed integration solutions, addressing and resolving issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Enterprise Architects, and Application Owners to translate complex business needs and functional requirements into robust, scalable technical integration designs.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Overall, 12+ years of experience on various Integration technologies out of which minimum 7+ years of experience in Integration architecture in Azure API Management, Azure Function / Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus / Event Hub, ADF. Proven track record of managing massive integration volumes (100+ interfaces) and successfully executing large-scale platform migrations.

Azure Integration Services

Expert Proficiency in key Azure Integration Services

• Azure Logic Apps (Workflow orchestration).
• Azure API Management (APIM) (API gateway, policy configuration, security).
• Azure Service Bus (Messaging, queuing, topics).
• Azure Event Grid and/or Azure Event Hubs (Event-driven architecture).
• Azure Functions (Serverless compute for custom code).
• Strong understanding of Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and integration deployment (e.g., ARM/Bicep templates, Terraform).
• Experience with Azure security best practices (e.g., Key Vault, Private Link, Authentication/Authorization).

Core Integration Concepts

• Extensive experience with REST/SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, OData, and different security protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML, Basic Auth, Client Certificates).
• Expertise in Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIPs), API-led Architectures, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Proficiency in data mapping, transformation, and complex data modeling.

Other required skills

• Strong Experience with B2B / EDI Integration and API Management.
• Experience on Event Driven Architectures using Solace.
• Good understanding of integration and associated network infrastructure.
• Good communication skills
• Focus on solutions with the ability to innovate / consulting mindset
• Good team building skills and ability to work across multiple teams and a hybrid vendor and team landscape – creativity in finding out of the box solution for classic technology problems
• Personal drive to achieve results
• Understanding of security requirements and audits