System Integration Lead Engineer

Job Title: System Integration Lead Engineer
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are looking for an experienced System Integration Lead Engineer to guide the design, implementation, and support of large-scale system integration initiatives. In this role, you will oversee end-to-end integration efforts across applications, platforms, and infrastructure systems, ensuring they work together efficiently and reliably.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, lead integration strategy discussions, resolve complex interoperability challenges, and maintain high standards for performance, security, and scalability. This position is ideal for someone who has a strong technical background in integration architecture, hands-on experience with integration tools and protocols, and the ability to lead technical teams through complex project lifecycles.

• Lead the planning, design, and implementation of integration solutions across multiple enterprise systems.

• Define integration architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.

• Oversee development of system interfaces, APIs, middleware components, and data exchange workflows.

• Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into integration frameworks.

• Troubleshoot and resolve system integration issues, ensuring minimal impact to operations.

• Coordinate integration testing, validation, and production rollout activities.

• Maintain documentation including architecture diagrams, integration specifications, and operational procedures.

• Provide technical leadership to integration engineers and support teams during project execution.

• Ensure integrations follow security, compliance, and performance standards.

• Monitor system performance and recommend enhancements for efficiency and reliability.

• 12+ years of experience in system integration, enterprise architecture, or related engineering roles.

• Strong knowledge of integration principles, service-oriented architecture, API-based integrations, and message-based communication.

• Hands-on experience with integration tools such as MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Apache Camel, Informatica, or similar platforms.

• Proficiency with REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, messaging queues, and enterprise service bus solutions.

• Experience with cloud-based integration models involving AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Strong understanding of network protocols, security standards, and identity management systems.

• Ability to design and implement complex integration solutions that scale.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot across systems and platforms.

• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior engineers.

• Excellent communication skills to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree is a plus.