Team and Job Purpose
Purpose of the team is to lead on the strategic planning, design and delivery of digital and data technology solutions used across SCA. The team will be key to defining the technology strategy including roadmaps for product developments, ensuring our systems remain fit for purpose, maximising the value they deliver and enabling our organisation to achieve impact for children. Working in partnership with Transformation Delivery, the team will be accountable for planning, design and delivery of digital and data technology solutions to Transformation Delivery projects, SCI Functions and internal IT functions.
Working with members of the wider global TDIT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing, continuously improving, supporting and analysing integrations solutions within the organisation. This role will partner with business stakeholders and product owners in order to understand their integration requirements, and implement and maintain integrations solutions to meet these needs utilising best practices.
Principle Accountabilities
Work under the guidance of the Integration Solutions Manager to develop and implement integration solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
Development and maintenance of APIs and data transformation workflows, ensuring data integrity and consistency across integrated systems based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities.
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code. Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines set by the Integration Architect and the Lead Developer.
Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and other developers to gather integration requirements and contribute to solution designs.
Maintaining and troubleshooting existing integration solutions, identifying and resolving issues to ensure smooth system operations.
Monitor integration systems and workflows, proactively identify any technical risks/issues related to integrations and helping to manage incidents
Provide input on time estimates for integration tasks and contribute to delivering project milestones according to agreed-upon schedules.
Support system integration testing, perform debugging, and collaborate with the quality assurance team to ensure that integration solutions meet functional and performance requirements.
Maintain clear and accurate documentation for all integration projects, including design, configuration, and troubleshooting steps, ensuring it is up to date.
Experience and Skills
Essential
Some experience in software development with exposure to integration projects, demonstrating a foundational understanding of application and data integrations, Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Experience assisting in the design and implementation of integration solutions, with a basic understanding of integration patterns such as point-to-point connections, APIs, and messaging services.
Familiarity with cloud-based integration tools and platforms, including basic experience with server less computing, data pipelines, and monitoring tools.
Exposure to Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), including Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with the ability to follow structured development processes under guidance.
Some experience using version control systems (e.g., Git) to maintain organized workflows and collaborate effectively within a team.
Good interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working collaboratively in a team and conveying technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
Foundational knowledge of networking and data protocols (e.g., HTTP, TCP/IP, FTP) for basic troubleshooting and ensuring integration reliability.
Desirable
Exposure to integration platforms like Microsoft Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, or Apache Kafka.
Familiarity with API development concepts, including RESTful APIs and basic API security principles.
Awareness of event streaming platforms such as Azure Event Hub or AWS Kinesis for real-time integration use cases.
Basic knowledge of data transformation and ETL processes, with an interest in growing skills in database integration techniques.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools for streamlined development and deployment processes.
Understanding of integration-related security practices, such as authentication methods (OAuth) and encryption standards.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
Demonstrated skills and experience are more important that formal education and qualifications in this role therefore none are considered essential
Desirable
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or related field .
Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate (AZ 204)
Training or experience in Microsoft Azure Integration Technologies such as Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Monitoring
Experience with Git or Azure DevOps
Proficiency in C#
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