Hybrid Integration Architect

As a Hybrid Integration Architect, you will combine technical expertise with leadership skills to design and implement hybrid cloud application modernisation projects for our Public Sector clients. You'll provide architectural guidance, hands‑on technical support, and strategic oversight for migrating existing applications to the cloud and building new cloud‑native solutions. Working alongside experienced professionals, you will help deliver innovative hybrid cloud solutions that solve complex integration challenges, maximise ROI, and drive business success.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement hybrid cloud application modernisation projects, breaking down existing business applications into individual business functions and processes.
• Build, deploy, and integrate new functions and processes independently of the applications and computing platforms on which they run.
• Develop functions and processes to run on software that enables otherwise independent applications to communicate, using Web Services and Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA) standards and specifications.
• Provide architectural, consultative, and engineering support for clients' cloud journeys, tailoring solutions to their specific needs.
• Lead enterprise‑scale transformations from requirements through delivery and production/deployment, ensuring overall solution integrity.
• Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor throughout project delivery.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience working on complex hybrid cloud systems integration projects, designing target cloud solutions and integrating them with on‑premise applications.
• Hands‑on professional with a proven track record of keeping skills up to date, ideally evidenced through recognised certifications.
• Broad experience designing and delivering technical architectures (application, infrastructure, integration, security, and data).
• Strong understanding and delivery experience of cloud‑native architectures and/or serverless solutions.
• Extensive experience using agile delivery methods (Scrum).
• Good understanding of scaled agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS).
• Ability to work in multi‑supplier teams or as part of a fully internal delivery team.
• Proven leadership and mentoring/coaching experience.
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of automation in development, testing, and operations, including CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Experience with Java & JavaScript frameworks (Spring Boot, React, Angular, J2EE).
• Familiarity with enterprise integration technologies (Kafka, MQ, IBM Streams, ESBs, ETL).
• Good understanding of enterprise‑level persistence technologies (Oracle, Postgres, DB2, NoSQL, Redis, Graph).
• Experience with estimation methods (top‑down, bottom‑up, planning poker).
• Familiarity with architectural languages/frameworks (UML, Zachman, TOGAF).

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

Benefits and Growth Opportunities

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry‑recognised certifications.
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us.
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year.
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks.
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome.
• Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees.
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.