Integration Architect

Salary: £50,253 - 61,759 per year

Requirements

• Significant proven success implementing an architected and secure approach to system integration in complex environments
• In-depth skills with integration middleware and authoritative knowledge of enterprise architecture concepts
• Understanding of security threats and appropriate controls, with awareness of system development project lifecycles
• Ability to provide technical leadership, work under pressure, and communicate complex information clearly to all levels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to absorb complex information and identify key points

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, documentation, and support of integration architecture to enable consistent and timely integration of business processes and data across multiple systems
• Work with Development Services and Information Security to implement security controls for APIs and integration middleware
• Review projects with the Enterprise Architect to ensure they conform to enterprise architecture standards
• Establish patterns, standards, and governance processes for application integration, maintaining accurate records in the architecture repository
• Evaluate the impact of changes in third-party applications and plan appropriate actions to maintain service availability
• Provide technical leadership and communicate integration architecture to stakeholders across the organisation and external parties

Technologies:

• Architect
• Support
• Security

More:

We are a public sector organisation with a complex IT environment serving multiple organisational units. Our work spans Enterprise Architecture, IS Applications, and Information Services, supporting integrated business processes and consistent data management. This is a full-time, permanent Integration Architect role based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working and one to two days per week in the office. The position offers a salary of £50,253–£61,759 and 35 working hours per week. Benefits include a strong public sector pension, 36 days of annual leave plus four public holidays, and the opportunity to lead strategic technology initiatives in a complex, multi-unit environment while collaborating with diverse teams.

last updated 41 week of 2026