Integration Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Significant experience in integration architecture or senior integration engineering, with a demonstrable track record of shaping integration strategy, standards, and platform direction through delive
- Deep, hands-on technical expertise across the integration technology spectrum: REST and GraphQL APIs, event-driven messaging and streaming (e.g. Apache Kafka, Amazon SQS/SNS, Amazon EventBridge), API
- Strong AWS integration experience - including native AWS integration services and how they fit within a broader open-stack integration architecture.
- Proven experience with SAP integration - including SAP Integration Suite (formerly CPI), IDocs, BAPIs, and the challenges of connecting SAP to modern digital and data platforms.
- Strong background in data pipeline integration - including CDC, event-to-data flows, real-time feeds, and the interface between integration architecture and data platform design.
- Experience making and owning technology selection decisions - able to evaluate platforms critically, build a business case, and see choices through to implementation.
- Strong integration security knowledge: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mutual TLS, secrets management, and AWS-native key and secrets tooling (AWS Secrets Manager, AWS KMS).
- Experienced operating at a senior level in complex organisations - credible with engineering teams and senior business and technology stakeholders alike, and able to lead without direct authority.
- Background in organisations with outsourced or heavily vendor-dependent delivery models, with the ability to set standards and govern quality without owning implementation directly.
Full description
Integration Architect - London / Birmingham (Hybrid working) | Full-Time / Permanent Competitive salary + bonus and excellent benefits including healthcare, wellbeing support, 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, life insurance and more.
We are looking for a technically exceptional Integration Architect to join the Digital & Technology team at Compass Group UK & Ireland. You'll combine strong judgement with a practical, delivery-minded approach - evaluating platforms and approaches, shaping integration patterns that engineers can build to, and driving targeted modernisation where it will reduce risk and improve reliability. This role is for someone who is comfortable producing technically rigorous architecture, and able to explain options, trade-offs, and roadmaps to senior stakeholders when required.
If you are the kind of Integration Architect who is energised by complexity, motivated by the opportunity to build something that genuinely matters, and ready to leave a lasting mark on how a large organisation connects and operates - this is the role for you.
About Compass Group UK & Ireland
We're part of FTSE 100 Compass Group PLC, a global leader in food services. Our colleagues serve customers every day across thousands of locations, from schools and hospitals to stadiums, offices and visitor attractions. Digital & Technology (D&T) is around 260 people and is driving the business's AI First strategy.
Integration Architect - The role
Integration is the connective tissue of our technology estate. It influences how quickly we can deliver change, how reliably our systems operate, and how effectively our platforms - from SAP to e-commerce to our data estate - work together to serve the business and our customers. Getting this right is a key enabler for delivery and operational performance.
The Integration Architect is a key domain expert within Digital & Technology, sitting at the intersection of architecture and engineering. The role partners closely with delivery teams building products, the architecture community shaping technology direction, and programmes across commerce, data, and SAP to ensure integrations are designed consistently, securely, and in a way that will scale.
Key Responsibilities
Integration Strategy and Platform Direction
Lead the development of the integration strategy and target-state direction, working with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, and programmes to establish a clear vision for how systems connect, share data, and enable business capabilities.
Lead or support the evaluation of integration platforms and tooling (API management, event streaming, iPaaS, middleware), providing clear recommendations, reference architectures, and evidence to inform investment decisions.
Assess the current integration estate with technical rigour, identify the highest-priority areas of fragility, duplication, and risk, and develop a phased modernisation roadmap with clear outcomes at each stage.