Senior Messaging Integration Architect - London

Senior Messaging Integration Architect - London

London Full-Time 100000 - 100000 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and maintain integration solutions for the insurance sector, ensuring seamless connectivity.
  • Company: Leading firm in the London Market with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Join a dynamic team and influence key programmes across various business functions.
  • Why this job: Make a significant impact on enterprise architecture and drive strategic change in the industry.
  • Qualifications: 8 years in Integration Architecture, strong knowledge of modern integration patterns, and excellent communication skills.

The predicted salary is between 100000 - 100000 £ per year.

Requirements

  • 8 years experience in Integration Architecture or Solution Architecture.
  • 8 years experience within the London Market, Lloyds, or Specialty Insurance sector.
  • Proven experience designing integrations between core insurance platforms and external market participants or bureau platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of modern integration patterns, including API-led, message-based, event-driven, batch, and file-based integration.
  • Experience with data mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and exception management.
  • Strong understanding of security, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements for enterprise integrations.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Experience with ACORD standards and London Market messaging or bordereaux processes.
  • Knowledge of delegated authority operations and the Lloyds ecosystem.
  • Hands‑on experience with technologies such as Azure Integration Services, Mule Soft, Boomi, IBM MQ, Kafka, REST/SOAP APIs, XML, JSON, and managed file transfer solutions.
  • Experience designing cloud‑native and hybrid integration architectures.
  • Knowledge of TOGAF or a comparable enterprise architecture framework.
  • A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the target architecture for bureau messaging and external market integrations.
  • Design end‑to‑end integration solutions spanning underwriting, claims, finance, delegated authority, bordereaux, and reporting processes.
  • Establish and govern integration standards, architectural patterns, and design principles across the enterprise.
  • Provide architectural leadership, design assurance, and technical governance across key programmes and projects.
  • Enable seamless connectivity with London Market and Lloyds platforms, bureaus, brokers, coverholders, and third‑party service providers.
  • Design robust solutions for message routing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and exception handling.
  • Embed security, resilience, operational support, monitoring, and audit requirements into all integration designs.
  • Collaborate with business, delivery, data, security, infrastructure, and vendor teams to translate complex business requirements into practical architecture solutions.
  • Drive simplification of the integration landscape by promoting reusable services, reducing technical debt, and improving operational efficiency.

Technologies

  • API
  • Architect
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • IBM
  • Support
  • JSON
  • Kafka
  • Mule Soft
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • Security
  • TOGAF
  • XML

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We are hiring a Senior Bureau Messaging Integration Architect on a permanent hybrid basis in the City of London, with a salary of £90,000 to £105,000.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence enterprise architecture across underwriting, claims, finance, delegated authority, and operational data flows.

You will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient integration solutions that support strategic change while aligning with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.

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Senior Messaging Integration Architect - London employer: I3 Resourcing Limited

As a leading employer in the heart of the City of London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our comprehensive training programmes and career advancement opportunities, ensuring that our team members are equipped to excel in their roles. With competitive salaries and a focus on work-life balance, we offer a rewarding environment for Senior IAM Engineers looking to make a meaningful impact in the technology sector.

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Contact Details:

I3 Resourcing Limited Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Messaging Integration Architect - London

Integration Architecture
Solution Architecture
London Market Experience
Lloyds Insurance Knowledge
API-led Integration
Message-based Integration
Event-driven Integration