IT and Service Architect

About us

Join us at Orange Business!We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About the role

**Job Description:**

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Integration Architect to join our dynamic team at Orange Business. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing and implementing integration solutions, with a focus on ensuring seamless connectivity and data flow across diverse systems and applications. As a Senior Integration Architect, you will play a critical role in driving our integration strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering robust and scalable integration solutions.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead the design and architecture planning of integration solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.

- Develop and maintain integration architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand integration needs and translate them into technical specifications.

- Vendor Collaboration: Work with third-party vendors and partners (CSG, Salesforce) to integrate their systems and services (CPQ, EPC, COM, CRM, CLM,…) into the organization's ecosystem, ensuring smooth interoperability.

- Technical Guidance: Provide technical guidance and support to development teams, assisting them in implementing integration solutions according to best practices and architectural guidelines.

- Evaluate and select appropriate integration technologies, tools, and platforms.

- Design APIs, middleware, and data integration solutions.

- Data Formats and Protocols: Knowledge of various data formats and protocols such as JSON, XML, SOAP, and REST, and the ability to handle data transformation and mapping between different formats.

- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance in all integration processes: Understanding of security best practices, encryption, token-based authentication, and compliance requirements related to data privacy (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA..).

- Data Mapping and Transformation: to ensure data consistency and compatibility between various systems, utilizing tools and techniques like ETL (Extract, Transform, Load).

- Message Brokers: Experience with message-oriented middleware and message brokers (e.g., Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ) to enable asynchronous 

communication and event-driven architectures.

- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation in integration solutions.

About you

**Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- Minimum of 8 years of experience in integration architecture and design.

- Strong knowledge of integration patterns, principles, and best practices.

- Proficiency in integration technologies such as API management, SOA, Domain-Driver Design, and microservices.

- Strong knowledge of integration platforms (e.g.iPaaS)

- Experience with cloud platforms (preferably MS Azure) and hybrid integration scenarios.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Experience working within SAFe and Agile methodologies

- Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, IBM) are a plus.

You bring rigor, passion for challenges, and determination. You seek the opportunity to expand your expertise, achieve your goals, and thrive.

What we offer

• Global opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world
• Flexible work environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working) 
• Professional development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities
• Career growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange 
• Caring and daring culture: health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events 
• Reward programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards

Only your skills matter

Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.