Integration Architect in Bournemouth

Role Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward‑thinking Integration Architect to drive enterprise‑wide digital and system modernisation across the Council.

This is a strategic and hands‑on role focused on designing and delivering robust, scalable integrations between critical line‑of‑business systems, enabling seamless data flow, process automation and improved service delivery for residents and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own end‑to‑end integration architectures across corporate and operational systems.
• Develop and promote modern integration approaches such as API‑first design, event‑driven architectures, decoupled and microservices‑based integration patterns.
• Define common data standards and data‑exchange agreements between systems.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance and security frameworks.
• Act as the technical authority for integration design and delivery.
• Establish reusable integration patterns, frameworks and best practices.
• Lead design assurance and provide oversight on complex integration solutions.
• Support development teams in solving highly complex data and system integration challenges.
• Drive consistency, scalability and resilience across the integration landscape.
• Oversee the delivery of enterprise integrations across CRM/ERP systems, web platforms and third‑party solutions.
• Guide implementation across technologies such as APIs, middleware, messaging and data pipelines.
• Ensure solutions are built with robust error handling, monitoring, logging and supportability.
• Collaborate closely with development, data and platform teams to ensure quality delivery.
• Lead the design of data integration strategies, including batch, real‑time and hybrid approaches.
• Enable trusted, timely and governed data flows between systems.
• Support integration of finance systems and transactional platforms, ensuring accuracy, auditability and performance.
• Address challenges around data quality, duplication, transformation and synchronisation.
• Define and enforce integration governance, standards and design authority processes.
• Ensure compliance with security, data protection and regulatory requirements.
• Manage technical risks, dependencies and integration‑related technical debt.
• Maintain clear documentation, including architecture artefacts and decision records.
• Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand integration requirements.
• Translate complex business processes into practical, scalable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with external suppliers and partners on integration design and delivery.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Key Skills & Experience
• Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise integrations across multiple systems and technologies.
• Deep understanding of API design and management (REST, Open API, SOAP where required).
• Messaging and event‑driven architectures.
• Data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, streaming, synchronisation).
• Experience with integration platforms such as Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Functions, Data Factory) or equivalent.
• Proven experience integrating CRM platforms (e. g. Dynamics 365 / Dataverse) and finance/transactional systems (e. g. Dynamics 365).
• Web platforms and third‑party Saa S applications.
• Proven ability to design scalable, resilient, distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of integration patterns, anti‑patterns and trade‑offs.
• Ability to produce clear, structured architecture documentation and artefacts.
• Experience working within enterprise cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Strong understanding of identity, security and access control, including authentication, authorisation and secure integration patterns (e. g.

OAuth2, token‑based security, role‑based access).

• Exposure to modern data platforms and data engineering approaches, including data pipelines, warehousing and analytics platforms (e. g. Microsoft Fabric or similar).
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to influence and lead across technical teams and suppliers.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem‑solving capability.
• Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on technical involvement.
• Contact and Eligibility

For more information, please contact lisa. compton@bcpcouncil. gov. uk.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with an existing right to work in the UK.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

BCP Council is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and making reasonable adjustments for all candidates.

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