Senior Cloud Integration Architect

We’re Hiring: Senior Cloud Integration Architect 📍 Experience: 10+ Years Location: Chicago, IL ☁️ Domain: Microsoft Azure | Integration Architecture | Event-Driven Systems 🌟 Role Overview We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Cloud Integration Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale integration solutions across cloud and hybrid environments. You will define platform-level integration strategies, build event-driven architectures, and ensure seamless integration between on-prem and Azure cloud systems. 🧠 Key Responsibilities 🔷 Define enterprise integration standards: Canonical event models Canonical data models System-to-system integration contracts 🔷 Design modern integration architectures: Event-driven systems using Kafka | Azure Service Bus | Azure Event Hubs Hybrid integration between on-prem & Azure environments 🔷 Data architecture & modeling: Event-based data models Relational database modeling (SQL Server | PostgreSQL | Oracle) Data Vault approach where applicable 🔷 Azure solution design & implementation: Azure Container Apps / AKS Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Azure Key Vault & Azure Container Registry (ACR) Monitoring using Application Insights & Log Analytics 🔷 Hybrid cloud & networking: Private endpoints Secure DNS design Hybrid connectivity (VPN / ExpressRoute patterns) 🔷 Governance & documentation: Solution Design Documents (SDDs) Security & DR architecture Observability frameworks Integration contracts ready for governance approval 🔷 Hands-on leadership: Build and troubleshoot integration services Validate system integrations across teams Resolve architectural gaps impacting delivery 🛠️ Required Skills ☁️ Microsoft Azure (AKS | Container Apps | ADLS | Key Vault | ACR) ⚡ Kafka | Azure Service Bus | Event Hubs 🗄️ Strong DBMS experience (SQL Server | PostgreSQL | Oracle) 🔗 Distributed & event-driven system design 🌐 Hybrid cloud integration & networking expertise 📊 Observability tools (App Insights | Log Analytics) 📐 Strong architecture documentation skills 🎯 Ideal Candidate Profile ✔️ 10+ years in Cloud / Integration Architecture ✔️ Strong experience in distributed systems ✔️ Hands-on Azure + Kafka expertise ✔️ Strong in designing scalable integration frameworks ✔️ Ability to work across multiple teams and delivery streams ✔️ Strong documentation & governance mindset