Vital Energi
Lead Integration Developer
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Lead Integration Developer
Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth?
If so, we’re looking for a talented Lead Integration Developer to join our dynamic team at our Head Office in Blackburn with support to sites.
The Role
Due to Vital Energi's continued growth, we are looking for a Lead Integration Developer to lead the design, development and delivery of enterprise integration solutions that enable secure, scalable and reliable connectivity across business applications, data platforms and external systems. Define integration architecture, standards and governance practices that support operational efficiency, data-driven decision making and the organisation's digital transformation strategy. Drawing on strong technical leadership, the role is responsible for ensuring integration solutions are resilient, maintainable and aligned with business objectives.
The Company
Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings.
We have and continue to work on ground-breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK’s Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project for Westminster.
With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy-from-Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.
A few key responsibilities
Solution Design & Architecture:
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- Define integration architecture, standards, patterns and best practices.
- Design scalable, resilient and secure integration solutions aligned to business and technical requirements.
- Develop integration roadmaps that support future business growth.
System Integration:
- Integrate business-critical systems using APIs, REST services, ETL processes, event-driven architectures and middleware technologies.
- Work with application owners and business stakeholders to ensure seamless data exchange across platforms
Governance & standards
- Establish and maintain integration governance, documentation and development standards.
- Define approaches for data mapping, transformation, monitoring, error handling and exception management.
Performance and reliability:
- Monitor and optimise integration performance, throughput and scalability.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks across integration processes and data flows.
Vendor and platform Management:
- Evaluate integration technologies and third-party solutions.
- Manage relationships with integration vendors and platform providers where required.
Education & Experience:
- Strong understanding of integration architecture principals and enterprise integration patterns
- Experience designing API-led Service and oriented integrations
- Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP and associated integration services
- Understanding of data modelling, data governance and data quality principals
- Implementing integration solutions using authentication, authorisation and encryption techniques
- Familiarity with agile delivery and encryption techniques
Technical Competencies:
- Integration platform as a service IPAAS, such as Workato or similar
- API Design, Development and management
- REST, JSON, SOAP and related integration standards
- SQL and database design, development and administration
- ETL and ETL pipeline development
- Phyton and C# development
- Data modelling and governance principals
- Security, Authentication, and authorisation mechanisms for system integrations
- Monitoring, troubleshooting and performance optimisation of integration platforms
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Equal Opportunity Employer
The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.
Right to Work in the UK
Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
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