Integration Architect

Business Context
Application landscape is more and more evolving towards a straight through processing, real time and integrated environment requiring systems to interface to each other.

Here are some examples of current initiatives having an impact on integration:
Core systems
- Health Care Claims Package integration: interfaces needed with underwriting/contract management systems, referential, financial and accounting systems, websites&
- Add new products and processes in an existing underwriting application (with new interfaces to claims systems and websites…
- …

Data Warehouse (DWH)
- Design and build a new DWH system fed from different source systems (of different technologies).

Websites developments
- Extend existing website for B to B clients to be able to manage new products and new processes requiring integration with additional back-end systems.
- Build a new website for affiliates and insured people requiring integration with several back-ends systems of different technologies (underwriting, claims, referential, documents management…).

Data exchange
- New legal declarations to Sigedis to implement (context: creation of a database about all 2d pillar contracts in Belgium). Data for declarations are extracted from different sources.

Mission Context
Our client is actively searching an Integration Architect who will work in the 'Architecture team', that is the link between the business team (delivers business requirements) and the IS 'Development teams' (functional and technical analysis/expertise & programming).

To function effectively, the Integration Architect is required to conceptualize and think abstractly, work in and manage a technically complex and heterogeneous environment (MF, .Net, different packages…), and effectively communicate with all levels of management..

Mission
Integration cartography
- Help to create a map of current systems and their integrations.
- Propose a "to be" vision and a phased approach for implementation, in synergy with projects of the roadmap.
- Share and validate with other architects.
- Communicate to the different stakeholders.

Business projects
- Help to define integration solutions that map the vision of the cartography.
- Collaborate tightly with project stakeholders and coach them when needed.
- Monitor the design and help to solve integration issues. Validate the deviations needed in the design.
- Help the test manager to define the testing approach

Languages
- English: Good
- Dutch and French

Personal Skills
Mandatory
- Synthetic mind
- Pragmatic
- Problem Solver
- Flexible
- Excellent presentation skills
- Pro-active
- Client friendly

Business experience
Mandatory
- Financial

Preferable
- Insurance

Technical experience
Mandatory
- Good knowledge in integration patterns, techniques and tools
- Good knowledge in modelling applications and processes

Functional experience
Mandatory
- Experience in solution analysis
- Knowledge and experience of architecture: Service Oriented Architecture, design patterns, architecture methodologies
- Ability to develop and communicate the whole ("big") picture