Enterprise Data Integration Director

SOFT's client located in Brooklyn, NY / Waltham, MA is looking for a Enterprise Data Integration Director for a long term contract assignment.In IT and Digital, we collaborate closely with the diverse energy businesses within the group, revolutionizing operations through technology. Embracing modern methodologies and digital mindsets, we drive efficiency and bring new capabilities to internal and external customers as we lead the charge toward a carbon-free future. Top 3 must have's experience of enterprise scale data integration leadership involvement or ownership of a reference architecture and integration patterns experience in large programs, particularly complex, legacy-to-cloud, transformation type things The opportunityWe are seeking an Enterprise Integration Director to join our Chief Data Office team. This crucial leadership role will optimize data integrations across major programs, evolve client’s enterprise view of data and our strategic approach to integrating data across major platforms, and reduce complexity in our approach. This role has several core elements:1. Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure integration capabilities evolve over time2. Strategic management of data integrations at client. The successful candidate will govern and approve data integration architecture. They will need to have experience with a variety of design patterns and understand the pros and cons of selecting a pattern for a given use case or set of requirements.3. Continually improve key elements of integration design and delivery:a. Integration reference architectureb. Integration patterns & best practicesc. Integration architecture design templatesd. Roadmap to improve integration services overtime4. Ensure integration delivery proceeds according to integration design. This includes leading a governance forum This work will reduce the time and cost of technology transformation programs by optimizing integrations across client. The ideal candidate will have experience managing data and application integrations within a large enterprise, of promoting good governance through data contracts or a similar approach, and of leading cross-functional initiatives to realize value through unlocking data. You will: Evolve client’s integration reference architecture and design templates Lead, develop and ultimately deploy the approach for integration management and governance across enterprise programs Work with integration platform owners to develop a scalable platform that meets the evolving needs of client Develop and implement a strategy to swiftly identify critical data elements using conceptual models and data designs provided by project teams Identify and monitor data interdependencies across enterprise platforms to optimize and reduce complexity Collaborate to develop, refine and ultimately approve integration designs for major programs, ensuring that specific initiatives follow best practice Implement a comprehensive integration catalogue, detailing the integrations/APIs available across major programs and documenting flows, lineage and dependencies Ensure that delivery proceeds according to agreed designs and support project teams by acting as a point of escalation and guidance in the event of issues Chair the governance forum to manage cross-program data integrations and foster cooperation and coordination across projects Pay: $85.00 - $120.00 per hour Work Location: Hybrid remote in Waltham, MA 02451