Integration Platform Architect

Overview:
**We are PepsiCo**

PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with more than $79 Billion in Net Revenue and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands. We have a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes 22 brands that each generate more than $1 Billion in annual retail sales. PepsiCo's products are sold in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo's strength is its people. We are over 250,000 game changers, mountain movers and history makers, located around the world, and united by a shared set of values and goals.

**Responsibilities**:
**1. Integration Strategy & Architecture**
- Define the **enterprise integration strategy**, aligning with business goals and IT roadmaps.
- Design **scalable, resilient, and secure integration architectures** using industry best practices.
- Develop **API-first and event-driven** integration strategies.
- Establish governance frameworks, integration patterns, and best practices.

**2. Technology Selection & Implementation**
- Evaluate and recommend the right **integration technologies**, such as:
- ** Middleware & ESB**: TIBCO, MuleSoft, WSO2, IBM Integration Bus
- ** ETL & Data Integration**: Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi
- ** Event Streaming & Messaging**: Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ
- ** API Management**: Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, MuleSoft
- ** iPaaS (Cloud Integration)**: Dell Boomi, Azure Logic Apps, Workato
- Lead the **implementation and configuration** of these platforms.

**3. API & Microservices Architecture**
- Design and oversee **API-led integration** strategies.
- Implement **RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and gRPC** for real-time and batch integrations.
- Define API security standards (**OAuth, JWT, OpenID Connect, API Gateway**).
- Establish API versioning, governance, and lifecycle management.

**4. Enterprise Messaging & Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)**
- Design **real-time, event-driven architectures** using:
- ** Apache Kafka** for streaming and pub/sub messaging
- ** RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, TIBCO EMS** for message queuing
- ** Event-driven microservices** using Kafka Streams, Flink, or Spark Streaming
- Ensure **event sourcing, CQRS, and eventual consistency** in distributed systems.

**5. Cloud & Hybrid Integration**
- Utilize **cloud-native integration tools** like AWS Step Functions, Azure Event Grid, Google Cloud Pub/Sub.

**6. Security & Compliance**
- Ensure **secure integration practices**, including encryption, authentication, and authorization.
- Implement **zero-trust security models** for APIs and data flows.
- Maintain compliance with industry regulations (**GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2**).

**7. Governance, Monitoring & Optimization**
- Establish **enterprise integration governance** frameworks.
- Use **observability tools** for real-time monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, New Relic).
- Optimize integration performance and troubleshoot bottlenecks.

**8. Leadership & Collaboration**
- Collaborate with **business and IT stakeholders** to understand integration requirements.
- Work with **DevOps and cloud teams** to ensure CI/CD pipelines for integration.
- Provide technical guidance to developers, architects, and integration engineers.

Qualifications:
**Required Skills & Expertise**

**Technical Skills**

Expertise in **Integration Platforms**: Informatica, TIBCO, MuleSoft, WSO2, Dell Boomi
Strong understanding of **API Management & Microservices**
Experience with **Enterprise Messaging & Streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Azure Event Hub)**
Knowledge of **ETL & Data Pipelines (Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi, AWS Glue)**
Experience in **Cloud & Hybrid Integration (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)**
Hands-on with **Security & Compliance (OAuth2, JWT, SAML, API Security, Zero Trust)**

**Soft Skills**

**Strategic Thinking & Architecture Design**
**Problem-solving & Troubleshooting**
**Collaboration & Stakeholder Management**
**Agility in Digital Transformation & Cloud Migration