Integration & Architecture Governance Lead

✅ More than 8 years of experience in:

• Integration Architecture.

• Backend Architecture.

• Integration platforms.

• Enterprise Cloud Architecture.

✅ Demonstrable experience in:

• API First Architecture.

• Event Driven Architecture (EDA).

• Distributed architectures.

• Technological governance.

• Definition of technical standards.

✅ Cloud

• AWS (essential).

• Azure (highly valued).

✅ APIs and Integration

• REST APIs.

• OpenAPI / Swagger.

• API Lifecycle Management.

• API Governance.

• API Gateways.

✅ DevSecOps

• CI/CD.

• GitOps.

• Automation of validations.

• Security by Design.

✅ Security

• IAM.

• API Security.

• Compliance.

• Shared Responsibility Model in Cloud.

• Integration Architect.

• Enterprise Integration Architect.

• API Governance Lead.

• Cloud Integration Architect.

• Principal Engineer.

• Solutions Architect specialized in Integration.

• Technical Governance Lead.

📍 Location: Madrid (modality to be confirmed)
☁️ Environment: AWS Enterprise
💼 Role: Integration & Architecture Governance Lead / Integration Architecture Enablement Lead
🏦 Sector: Enterprise / Regulated environments

We are looking for a senior profile capable of acting as a bridge between Enterprise Architecture and development teams, ensuring that all integration solutions are built following architectural principles, corporate standards, security requirements, and modern integration best practices.

This is not a purely theoretical architect nor a pure developer. It is a hybrid profile with strong experience in integration architecture, technical governance, APIs, events, AWS, and DevSecOps, with the ability to influence and support teams without direct hierarchical dependency.

• Participate in Architecture Reviews and Design Reviews.

• Ensure compliance with Enterprise Architecture principles.

• Detect and correct integration anti-patterns.

• Identify deviations from corporate standards.

• Translate architectural standards into practical guides for development teams.

• Define architectural acceptance criteria for new developments.

• Drive API-First and Event-Driven Architecture models.

• Reduce dependencies based on file transfers.

• Promote reuse of existing APIs and services.

• Supervise the correct use of integration platforms and API Management.

• Ensure the use of OpenAPI, versioning, and API lifecycle governance.

• Apply Security by Design principles.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory and compliance requirements.

• Integrate security controls from the initial design phases.

• Collaborate with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams.

• Incorporate automated validations into CI/CD pipelines.

• Drive automated architectural guardrails.

• Automate quality controls for APIs and architectures.

• Participate in the definition of OpenAPI validations, linters, and automated controls.

• Act as a technical reference for development teams.

• Develop best practice guides and technical documentation.

• Design decision frameworks for the selection of integration patterns.

• Facilitate the adoption of modern architectures based on APIs and events.

• Identify recurring patterns and opportunities for improvement.

• Propose evolutions for standards and governance models.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on the evolution of the integration strategy.

• Integration Architect

• Enterprise Architect

• API Governance

• API Management

• OpenAPI

• Event Driven Architecture

• EDA

• AWS

• Azure

• DevSecOps

• API First

• Integration Governance

• Architecture Governance

• Solution Architect

• Cloud Architect

• Microservices

• Kafka

• Event Streaming

• Security by Design

• CI/CD