Senior Integration Architect

Role Overview We are hiring a technically strong Senior Integration Specialist and Technical Lead, onsite in Chicago, to own the end-to-end technical picture across a complex landscape of vendor applications and enterprise integrations. This hands-on leader designs architect-level solutions, drives cross-party calls to resolution, and takes full ownership, from whiteboarding an architecture to tracing a failed file transfer to root cause. <>What You Will Own

• The overall system architecture across all in-scope applications, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Architect-level solutions for new requirements and enhancements, balancing scalability, security, and compliance along with optimizing the current platform.
• Design and troubleshooting of intricate integrations, from source application through middleware to target.
• Vendor relationships and cross-party technical calls, driving multiple stakeholders to fast, clear decisions.

<>Must Have Technical Skills

• TIBCO: Deep hands-on experience with BusinessWorks, EMS, or equivalent middleware.
• MOVEit: Strong experience with MOVEit or comparable managed file transfer platforms.
• SAP: Solid knowledge of SAP integration touchpoints (IDocs, BAPIs, interfaces, middleware connectivity).
• Salesforce: Strong knowledge of Salesforce integrations, PRM, including REST and Bulk APIs, platform events, and inbound and outbound data flows with external systems.
• API integrations: REST and SOAP, authentication patterns, and API management.
• File transfers: Inbound and outbound flows (SFTP, FTPS, AS2), scheduling, error handling, and reconciliation.
• Servers and databases: How environments are set up and connected, plus the ability to read schemas and reason about data across systems.
• Root cause: Proven track record resolving production integration issues under pressure.

<>Leadership and Ownership

• Excellent communicator, fluid between deep technical detail and executive-level summaries.
• Leads the room technically, aligns multiple parties, and drives conversations to outcomes.
• Strong accountability. Takes issues to closure and proactively proposes new solutions.
• Confident working directly with vendors, cross-functional teams, and business leaders.

<>Preferred

• Experience in a regulated enterprise environment (GxP, life sciences, healthcare, Supply Chain, Warehouse) with validation and change-control awareness.
• Experience owning vendor-managed application landscapes and multi-vendor delivery situations.