IT Integration Technical Lead

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most.

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.

The Information Technology team at Bose exists to deliver valuable and reliable business and technology solutions with an innovative, engaged, and collaborative team focused on contributing to our corporate vision.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

• Deliver integration solution architectures and detailed solution designs
• Review solution architectures and detailed solution designs developed by other technical leads and architects for integration requirements and make recommendations
• Establish and refine integration best practices for both internal teams and third-party service providers.
• Govern the creation and maintenance of integration standards, templates, and best practices to ensure quality and consistency in delivery.
• Review developed solutions for design conformance, quality, performance, security and scalability Perform code reviews of other’s work as needed
• Collaborate with Scrum teams to ensure timely delivery of integration solutions that meet business requirements, staying aligned with corporate initiatives.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to team members, cultivating an innovative and collaborative team culture.
• Ensure that enterprise integration standards, documentation, and change control processes are followed across the organization.
• Work with the team and Scrum Master to identify and implement improvements in team operations and integration delivery processes.

Hands-On Technical Delivery:

• Design and develop integration mappings, transformations, and processes
• Deliver integration solutions, either directly or through third-party service providers aligned with architectural standards.
• Identify issues in current integration landscape and propose solutions
• Support production incident resolution related to integrations, ensuring timely recovery and minimizing disruption to business operations.
• Build and provide integration specifications for third-party delivery.

Required Competencies:

• Proven track record of delivering measurable results and managing complex projects.
• Deep understanding of the IT and application landscape, including interdependencies with business processes
• An integration expert who has stayed knowledgeable through their career about integration tools, techniques, and approaches
• Strong vendor management skills with ability to hold third parties accountable for quality and timely deliverables.
• Accountability yourself for quality deliverables with urgency and attention to detail
• Strong experience working cross-functionally with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external vendors to achieve common goals.
• Ability to build, maintain, and enforce technical standards and architecture principles.
• Ability to work with others in Solution Design to help enhance or clarify solution design documents
• Ability to manage complexity in large organizations with a diverse system landscape.
• Continuous learning mindset to stay updated with emerging trends, best practices, and industry standards.
• Ability and experience in system function design and functional structure decomposition based on user requirements, familiar with common testing methods and techniques.
• Excellent documentation skills with ability to document Integration Solution Designs, sequence diagrams, and to build troubleshooting documentation.
• Functional business acumen to understand and speak to business challenges and processes that that rely on integration is essential
• Passionate about technology, proactive, meticulous, with good communication skills and team spirit, and capable of handling work pressure.

Experience Requirements:

• 10+ years of extensive experience in using and administering EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and enterprise middleware platforms such as OpenText, SAP PI, or similar enterprise integration solutions.
• 5+ Years of experience integrating with large-scale ERP systems like SAP, Dynamics 365, or Workday Financials.
• Over 3 years of relevant development experience in .NET (C#), with good coding habits.
• Proficient in Oracle and SQL Server database development, including SQL statements and stored procedures, with experience in handling large amounts of data.
• Demonstrated expertise in EDI integration with trading partners.
• In-depth knowledge of EDI standards, including X12 and EDIFACT
• Hands-on experience with designing API led architectures and with API development
• Proficiency in using and managing API-first iPaaS platforms like MuleSoft or equivalent.
• Strong experience in developing integrations using REST, SOAP, XML, and JSON, and troubleshooting complex systems.
• Proven experience working in a global environment with third-party logistics and contract manufacturing.
• Expertise in managing third-party vendors, ensuring high-quality outcomes and strong partner collaboration.
• Strong experience in shell scripting is a must.
• Proven experience with supply chain management solutions like Kinaxis RapidResponse, understanding the role of integration in global logistics and third-party partnerships.
• Expertise in troubleshooting complex systems.
• Experience in managing value delivery within scrum teams using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Team management experience.
• Familiar with technologies such as C#, WinForm, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Web Service, LINQ, and proficient in using development tools like Visual Studio;
•  Familiar with web development technologies including DIV+CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS;

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Salesforce platform.
• Knowledge of Big Data integration tools such as Talend.
• Experience with tools like Vertex and Swift.
• Relevant certifications in integration platforms.
• Certification or deep knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework.

Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to [email protected]