Assoc. Dir , Application Integration Architect - Technical Architecture

Job DescriptionAssoc. Director, Application Integration Architect - Technical ArchitectureOpportunity:• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. • Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. • Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech CenteThe Lab Integration Platform is a critical enabler of digital transformation strategy, supporting secure, compliant, and efficient data exchange across laboratory systems.Application Integration ArchitectWe are seeking a highly experienced Application Integration Architect to join our company. In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of enterprise integration solutions across real-time, batch, and streaming platforms. You will be responsible for defining scalable, secure, and resilient integration architectures leveraging MuleSoft, Kong API Gateway, Informatica IDMC, and Kafka. If you have strong architectural leadership, hands-on expertise in modern integration patterns, and the ability to align integration strategy with enterprise data and application ecosystems, we want to hear from you.ResponsibilitiesDefine and implement enterprise integration architecture across API, batch, and streaming paradigmsDesign API-led connectivity architectures using MuleSoft and REST/GraphQL standardsEstablish integration patterns including event-driven, message-based, and batch processing architecturesArchitect secure and scalable API ecosystems using Kong (API Gateway/Management)Lead development and governance of integrations across MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform), Kafka, and Informatica IDMCDrive alignment with enterprise integration standards, frameworks, and reusable assetsOversee end-to-end integration solution delivery across multiple teams and platformsEnsure implementation of best practices in CI/CD for integration services, monitoring, logging, and observability, and error handling and resiliency patternsCollaborate with product teams, data engineers, and application architects to translate requirements into scalable solutionsEstablish API governance covering security, versioning, lifecycle, and documentationEnforce standards for authentication and authorization (OAuth2, JWT, etc.)Maintain integration catalogs, runbooks, and architecture artifactsDrive adoption of reusable integration frameworks and patternsEvaluate emerging integration technologies and recommend adoption strategiesLead architecture reviews, POCs, and modernization initiativesContribute to enterprise-wide transformation toward event-driven and API-first architectureQualificationsRequiredBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related fieldMinimum 6+ years of experience in architecture roles focused on application and data integrationStrong experience in both real-time integration (APIs, events, streaming) and batch integration (ETL/ELT, data pipelines)MuleSoft Anypoint Platform (API design, RAML/OpenAPI, API-led connectivity)Kong API Gateway / API ManagementApache Kafka / Confluent (event streaming, pub-sub patterns)Informatica IDMC (Data Integration, batch pipelines, ETL/ELT)API protocols: REST, SOAP, GraphQL (preferred)Messaging & integration patterns: MQ, event-driven, CDC, ESB-style flowsCloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and microservices architecture (preferred)PreferredExperience in pharma/life sciences or regulated industries (nice-to-have)Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and enterprise data platformsStrong stakeholder management and cross-team collaboration skillsAbility to balance strategic thinking with hands-on executionJoin our company and be part of a team that uses the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.This document contains AI-generated content.Who we are: We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. What we look for: Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our t