Integration Architect

About the role

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi CHC in one of our Digital functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. We deliver our solutions in a highly competitive market answering FMCH needs and sometimes supporting highly regulated environments (GxP, SoX and other regional and local regulations).

Our team operates in an international context, serving all markets in most of the countries around the world.

To reach our goals we have organized our model around 6 main pillars:

• Enterprise architecture & Innovation

• Infrastructure and Engineering Platforms

• Operations & Digital Workplace

• Integration

• SAP Platform

• Salesforce Platform

• Delivery Centres or Centre of Expertise

Main responsibilities:

This position is a leadership role which will design the API ecosystem for CHC.

• Lead an API first integration solution to deliver fit for purpose platforms, interfaces & data integration designs in support of key CHC programs.

• Establish API design guidelines, standards, and best practices.

• Design and implement of various architectures for our API platforms establishing best practices for system performance, security, and resilience to failure.

• Analyse overall business needs and ensure that the integration strategy is aligned with the CHC business ambition

• Building integration-centric offerings and help CHC transition from traditional integration platforms to modern integration architectures (iPaaS adoption, DevOps integration, deploy anywhere architecture – containers) aligned with the enterprise architecture

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to understand integration requirements and develop appropriate API solutions.

• Implement and enforce API governance policies and procedures.

• Maintain integration patterns and templates to promote reusability of standard components.

• Develop an API Portal and catalogue of integration components and promote self-service ownership from functional and technical teams.

• Maintain a strong cross functional relationship with the various project and operational teams continually sharing new features, functionality, process improvements, lessons learned, and other best practices.

About you:

Technical background required

• 5+ years of experience in API design and development using RESTful, SOAP, and GraphQL standards.

• API RESTful standard or other API standards like SOAP, webservices

• Excellent knowledge related to integration frameworks, use cases, integration design patterns and data engineering best practices.

• Good understanding of infrastructure technologies, architecture and compliance.

• Strong understanding of security protocols like OAuth, JWT, and TLS.

• Experience with API management platforms such as Microsoft, IBM, Kong, or similar.

• Experience on regulated sector is a plus.

• Knowledge on industrial systems specially SAP

Soft skills required

• Ability to demonstrate support and drive for innovation and organizational transformation

• Ability to provide innovative solutions to his partners and facility to collaborate in global and cross-functional teams

• Strong ability to communicate, explain & educate beyond the technologies

• Proven successes working with project teams in industry (manufacturing, science, commercial, …)

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to work in an international matrixed environment

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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