We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Software Integration Manager to lead and manage the integration of enterprise systems within a large-scale, mission-critical environment. The successful candidate will oversee end-to-end system integration using internal resources. This role requires deep technical knowledge, strong leadership, and a strategic mindset to ensure robust, scalable, and secure integration across platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy
- Define and drive integration architecture, best practices, and standards across projects.
- Lead and mentor the internal integration development team, including system analysts and software engineers.
- Collaborate with solution architects, application owners, and infrastructure teams to ensure coherent and effective integration.
Project & Technical Delivery
- Plan, track, and manage integration workstreams across multiple systems and domains.
- Review and approve integration specifications, data mapping, and interface designs.
- Oversee implementation of integration components using:
- Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, REST/SOAP services, MQTT
- JSON, XML, ETL pipelines
- Ensure high performance, reliability, and maintainability of integration solutions.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure production readiness through well-documented handovers to L2/L3 support teams.
- Oversee issue investigation and resolution for integration-related defects and incidents.
- Establish integration monitoring, health checks, and alerting mechanisms for live systems.
Governance & Compliance
- Enforce version control, coding standards, and documentation for all integration components.
- Ensure all integrations comply with data security, audit, and regulatory policies.
Requirements
Mandatory
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in software/system integration.
- At least 3 years of experience in a team leadership or management role.
- Proven expertise in integration technologies (Kafka, IBM MQ, APIs) and patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, pub-sub).
- Hands-on experience with API development, middleware orchestration, data transformation, and message routing.
- Solid understanding of DevOps and CI/CD integration pipelines.
Preferred
- Familiarity with Singapore Government ICT frameworks or large public sector projects.
- Experience with tools such as GitLab, or similar.
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture is a strong plus.
- Professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Kafka) are advantageous.
