Job description 

Role Summary:

Provide design and development expertise on Integration Development during the full lifecycle of the integration.  Deliver high-quality, high-performing and resilient integrations. Collaborate closely with colleagues

Main Responsibilities

Develop high-quality integration solutions that are secure, self-maintaining and resilient.

Work with the Solution Architects and Integration Development Lead to ensure the solution meets all requirements and is developed to the expected specification.

This includes:

• creating the initial integration design
• provide detailed task breakdown with estimates
• perform peer code reviews
• support the Testers during the different testing phases (e.g. Test and UAT)
• design the Production operational requirements
• develop solutions that are resilient in a complex production environment
• detailed handover to the appropriate support organisation
• robust unit testing

Operational guidance includes:

• implement high-quality exception management including notification processes for both technical and business channels
• maintenance guidelines for data management during normal Production operation
• define retention period and backup requirements, and following EMEIA IT standards and best practices for data management
• design the integration to ensure AMS teams involvement is not required for non-technical issues or during normal operation. 

Supporting team members to roll out existing integrations to new regions

Embrace the cross-functional and matrix management working culture within EMEIA IT.

Foster an environment of trust, openness, collaboration and mutual support

Ensure all deliverables are in line with EMEIA IT integration standards, governance and integration strategy framework.

Advocate and contribute to the implementation of the Integration Strategy.

Ensure integrations adhere to Assa Abloy security standards and guidelines on protocol choices.

Ensure integrations adhere to GDPR and other regional regulations and requirements.

Ensure the applications are self-maintaining and do not require AMS intervention for normal operations (including business data failures, replaying a message etc).

Education, Work Experience and Personal Qualities

• Proven integration development experience (3 years+) as a developer involved in multiple software projects
• Highly skilled in standard software development cycle practices
• good understanding of integration principles and best practices
• knowledge of formal software release and deployment management
• experience in working in a global organisation with geographically-dispersed, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams
• driven and pro-active, stays on top of the issues and follows up rigorously
• results and process orientated
• effective communicator in a complex organisational structure
• good team player with experience in working with virtual, cross-functional teams
• respectful and with high integrity
• Able to influence and inspire others
• Strong experience integrating with ERP systems
• Development experience:
  • Integration Platform (Biztalk) (3 years+)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Mapping using XSLT
  • WCF adapters including implementing behaviours
  • BTDF using Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
  • Azure DevOps
  • GIT experience is advantageous