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Job Description
We are seeking a talented Integration Architect enthusiast who is deeply passionate about modern technologies, highly motivated to learn and innovate. Join our dynamic, cross-functional, and self-organized Agile team, dedicated to achieving customer success by building cutting-edge APIs and integrations.
Our API & Integration Platform plays a crucial role in our ongoing digital transformation journey, serving as the backbone for rapid and secure data access while driving the development of digital solutions.
Collaborating closely with our business teams, enterprise, and other solution architects, you’ll be at the forefront of designing valuable, top-notch integrations using cutting-edge methodologies and tools.
As a valued member of our team, you’ll thrive in a modern cloud environment, leveraging innovative technologies to conceptualize, construct, manage, and continually enhance APIs and integrations on our Platform. Emphasizing the true essence of agile, automation, continuous integration, and deployment, we don’t consider these as mere buzzwords, but rather fundamental principles that guide our work.In our self-organized and self-driven team, you’ll be granted full ownership of the Platform, allowing you to actively shape its future by contributing to its mission, setting ambitious goals, and defining a forward-thinking roadmap.
At the core of our work culture, we prioritize a strong sense of team spirit, fostering mutual respect, and cultivating a “no blame” culture. Embracing the changing times, we’ve embraced a flexible hybrid working model that caters to your individual needs and preferences. When you join our team, you’ll have the opportunity to experience the best of both worlds.
Our inviting office environment offers a collaborative space for productive team meetings, such as brainstorming sessions, planning discussions, and creative design sessions. We believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to fuel innovation and strengthen connections among team members. Recognizing the importance of focused, individual work, we also support remote work options. When you need to concentrate and be productive in the comfort of your home, you’ll have the full backing of the company. We provide high-quality furniture and support to ensure your home workspace is conducive to efficient work.
By providing this flexible approach to work, we empower you to strike the right balance and create an environment where you can flourish both professionally and personally.
You will be responsible for the following
• Establish and maintain relationships with global IT and divisional teams to help accelerate the delivery of our business solutions
• Get a deep understanding of the business processes, systems, and data that support our own business
• Conduct architecture evaluations and collaborate with IT value teams to develop solution architectures
• Define & implement integration to systems & solutions that meet Product Team requirements
• Leverage industry standard frameworks and current knowledge of the industry trends to advise on leading architecture practices
• Analyze the current solution architecture to detect critical deficiencies and recommend actions/steps for improvement
• Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs
• Provides technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration
• Help to design and implement integrations within our company using our API & Integration Platforms
• Teach and mentor other architects and developers how to design and create APIs and integrations
• Implement and improve current Infrastructure as a Code approach and strengthen CI/CD deployments
• Thinking about systems edge cases, potential security breaches, behaviors, specific implementations, and full stack impact on overall availability
• Evaluate project constraints to find alternatives, alleviate risks, and perform process re-engineering if required. Find resolution to technical issues as they arise
Expected experience and skills
• API & Integration designs in an enterprise environment
• Well-versed in different integration patterns and technologies, such as ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), microservices, RESTful APIs, SOAP, and messaging systems
• Strong engineering and problem-solving mindset
• Experience working with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to communicate with both technical and business audiences
• Various technologies for designing, building, and operating APIs and microservices (REST, HTTP, OAS 3.x, OAuth 2.0, etc.)
• Understanding security protocols, authentication methods, and data privacy regulations to ensure secure data exchange and compliance
• Experience with low-code/no-code integrations
• Critical thinker who can effectively embrace new ideas and technologies while balancing the needs of stakeholders and users
• Skilled in designing solutions that address complex integration challenges while considering scalability, security, performance, and maintainability
Preferred experience and skills
• Knowledge of the Kong API Platform
• Knowledge of any enterprise integration platform
• Solid knowledge of AWS Cloud
• Understanding of IaC (Infrastructure as a Code)
• Working in Agile Environment (Kanban, Scrum)
• Programming experience, understanding the code (JavaScript)
• DevOps culture and practice
What we offer
• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral programme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more
Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now!
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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
Valid Driving License:
Hazardous Material(s):
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
API Integration, Business Architecture, Business Communications, Business Management, Business Process Analysis, Business Process Change Management, Business Process Development, Business Process Improvements, Business Process Integration, Business Process Modeling, Business Service Management, Business Systems, Business Technology, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integrations, Information Technology Strategies, IT Business Management, Organizational Behavior, Process Improvements, Project Integration, Project Resource Management, Relationship Management, Solution Architecture, Systems Integration, Technology Integrations
Job Posting End Date:
09/1/2024
• A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Job Posting End Date:09/01/2024
A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID:R301797
