Application Integration Architect

This role will lead the application integration architecture workstream within the integration planning program, which includes all three architecture domains (solution, application, and data architectures respectively). This role is responsible for defining the future-state integration strategy, assessing current-state application landscapes, identifying integration dependencies and risks, and developing actionable architectural deliverables to support integration execution planning.

This individual is expected to:

• Operate independently while collaborating across engagement team
• Provide structured, hypothesis-driven analysis
• Develop executive-ready deliverables
• Support decision-making with project and client stakeholders
• Align integration strategy to business objectives and program constraints

3. Key Responsibilities

A. Current-State Assessment

• Assess the existing application ecosystem, integration patterns, middleware, APIs, and data flows via discovery workshops and documentation review
• Document integration points, dependencies, technical debt, and platform constraints
• Identify redundancies, overlapping capabilities, and high-risk interfaces

B. Future-State Integration Architecture

• Define target-state application integration architecture aligned to business strategy
• Recommend integration patterns (API-led, event-driven, batch, real-time, hybrid)
• Define principles for interoperability, scalability, security, and resilience
• Evaluate and recommend middleware and API management strategies

C. Architecture Planning Across Three Domains

In coordination with other architecture leads (e.g., solution and data integrations), ensure alignment across the three architecture types including:

• Application architecture alignment
• Supporting the Solution Integration and data integration architecture blueprinting exercise
• Cross-domain dependency mapping and inputs to implementation roadmap

D. Deliverable Development

The following describes a list of sample primary deliverables for this role:

–     Target Application Integration Architecture (systems & interfaces)

–     Transitional integration designs (30/60/90 days interval as an example)

–     Application Interface rationalization & simplification plan

–     Application integration dependency map & roadmap

–     Execution-ready integration backlog (e.g., integration items, business context, technical pattern)

E. Program & Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate technical discovery workshops and working sessions
• Provide clear trade-off analysis (cost, risk, complexity, timeline)
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure cohesion

4. Required Qualifications

Experience

8 to 10 years in application and integration architectures

Experience in large-scale IT integration for Mergers & acquisition planning program – healthcare industry (preferred)

• Deep understanding of healthcare data and medical recording document processing and integration experience (bonus)
• Proven experience delivering architecture planning engagements within defined timelines
• Experience working as a consultant or in advisory roles

Technical Expertise

• Enterprise integration patterns, API architectures and middleware
• Microservices and service-oriented architecture
• Understanding of Data integration and system interoperability
• Cloud-native integration approaches
• Security architecture considerations for integrations

Soft Skills

• Consultative communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills
• Workshop facilitation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Stakeholder influence without direct authority
• Clear documentation and visualization skills