Senio Integration Consultant

Job Description: Principal Integration Consultant (Strategy & Architecture)

Location: Plano, TX (3 days a week working from Client office)

Duration: 6 Months

Role Summar

yWe are seeking an experienced Principal Integration Consultant to assess our clients'' current integration landscapes, provide target-state architecture recommendations, establish governance frameworks, and define strategic roadmaps for integration modernization and platform consolidation

.This is a senior-level consulting and advisory role focused heavily on architecture assessment, platform evaluation, Center of Excellence (CoE) establishment, cost optimization, and enterprise automation strategy rather than hands-on, daily development. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between business objectives and complex, hybrid technology estates, laying the foundation for a scalable, connected enterprise

.Key Responsibilitie

s1. Integration Assessment & Modernization Strateg

• yEnterprise Assessment: Conduct comprehensive enterprise integration assessments across API, application, event-driven, and process automation landscapes
• .Architecture & Gap Analysis: Review current-state integration architectures, operating models, and alignment with modern digital standards
• .Platform Consolidation: Evaluate diverse middleware ecosystems to develop recommendations for platform consolidation, rationalization, and modernization
• .Roadmap Definition: Create target-state integration architectures and phased migration roadmaps aligned with corporate business strategies and hybrid cloud environments

.2. CoE Frameworks & Enterprise Governanc

• eCoE Establishment: Define the charter, operational frameworks, and organizational structure to set up a sustainable Integration Center of Excellence (CoE)
• .Governance Modeling: Establish rigorous integration and API governance frameworks, design standards, security protocols, and discoverability/reusability metrics
• .Cost Optimization: Identify concrete opportunities to reduce operational complexities, licensing overheads, and underlying platform spend through smart rationalization

.3. Advisory & Stakeholder Engagemen

• tComparative Analysis: Provide rigorous, objective comparative analyses of integration platforms to recommend fit-for-purpose solutions
• .Executive Advisory: Facilitate stakeholder workshops and present findings, strategic architectural options, and executive-level roadmaps to C-suite and technical leadership

.Technical Competencies & Platform Knowledg

eThe candidate must bring a deep conceptual and architectural understanding of multi-platform ecosystems, including

:Capability Are

aTargeted Technology & Paradigm

sIntegration Platform

sDeep architectural familiarity with MuleSoft Anypoint, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (App Connect, MQ, API Connect), and SAP PI/PO / SAP Integration Suite (CPI)

.Event-Driven Architectur

eStrategic deployment of Apache Kafka, Confluent, or traditional enterprise messaging (IBM MQ, RabbitMQ) for real-time automation

.Automation & Orchestratio

nCore understanding of Process Automation (BPM/RPA), API-led connectivity, microservices architectures, and service meshes

.Enterprise Environment

sIntegration experience within massive enterprise application environments involving ERPs (specificallySAP), Supply Chain systems, and OMS

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Experience & Qualificatio

• nsExperience: 15 years of experience in Enterprise Integration, Integration Architecture, or Technology Consultin
• g.CoE & Transformation Track Record: Proven experience establishing an Integration CoE and driving large-scale integration modernization, platform consolidation, or cloud-migration initiative
• s.Consulting & Advisory Mindset: Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills. Ability to confidently guide technical conflicts and articulate technology ROI to business header
• s.Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Landscape: Strong understanding of security, network topologies, and delivery patterns across hybrid architectures (On-Premises, Private, and Public Cloud
• ).Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related business-technical fiel

d.Key Deliverables Expected from this Ro

• leCurrent-State Assessment: Thorough audit of the existing integration landscape, limitations, and tech deb
• t.Architecture Review & Gap Analysis: Deep-dive evaluation of structural bottlenecks against future scalability goal
• s.Platform Evaluation & Comparison: Comprehensive matrix comparing tools like IBM, MuleSoft, Kafka, and SAP for future-state fi
• t.CoE & Governance Framework: Complete blueprint for the charter, design standards, security baselines, and operating model
• s.Integration Consolidation Strategy: Actionable plan to reduce platform footprint and optimize licensing/operational cost
• s.Target-State Architecture & Phased Modernization Roadmap: Multi-phase blueprint outlining the transition steps toward modern API-led and Event-Driven operation