Experience: 12–15+ Years Role: Enterprise Integration Architect / Azure Solutions Architect Location: North Chicago, IL. On-site. Job Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Azure Integration Architect to lead the architecture, design, and modernization of large-scale enterprise integration platforms supporting 1,000+ interfaces across mission-critical business applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise integration architecture, Azure-native integration services, API management, messaging platforms, and legacy middleware modernization, particularly TIBCO to Azure migration. Key Responsibilities* Define and lead enterprise-wide integration architecture supporting 1,000+ interfaces, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance.* Architect Azure integration solutions using Azure API Management (Premium), Logic Apps (Standard), Azure Functions, and Azure Service Bus (Premium).* Establish enterprise integration standards, reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and governance models.* Design high-volume, mission-critical integration platforms supporting synchronous, asynchronous, batch, and event-driven communication.* Lead modernization and migration of large-scale TIBCO integration environments to Azure-native services.* Design enterprise messaging architecture, including message routing, guaranteed delivery, retries, dead-letter handling, and disaster recovery.* Architect integrations across SAP, ERP, cloud, on-premises, and third-party enterprise applications.* Establish API lifecycle management, security policies, versioning, throttling, and enterprise API governance.* Implement centralized monitoring and observability using Azure Log Analytics and Application Insights.* Drive architecture reviews, performance optimization, capacity planning, and high-availability strategies.* Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams, business stakeholders, and engineering leadership to define integration modernization roadmaps.* Provide technical leadership to multiple integration development teams and ensure architectural consistency across the enterprise. Required Qualifications* 12–15+ years of IT experience with significant expertise in enterprise integration and solution architecture.* Proven experience architecting enterprise integration platforms with 1,000+ interfaces across multiple business systems.* Strong hands-on expertise in Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and Azure Service Bus.* Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, API-led connectivity, event-driven architecture, and microservices.* Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable integration platforms.* Strong knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs, messaging protocols, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID, and enterprise security.* Experience with integration governance, architecture standards, CI/CD, and DevOps.* Excellent technical leadership, stakeholder management, and enterprise architecture documentation skills. Preferred Qualifications* Experience with TIBCO EMS, BusinessWorks, and TIBCO CLE migration to Azure.* Experience managing large-scale enterprise integration modernization programs.* Knowledge of Azure Container Apps, Java, .NET, and custom integration adapters.* Experience with SAP and complex ERP integration ecosystems.* Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification preferred.