Lead Integration Solutions Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Define the way systems, data, and services interconnect across Arden University.

• Create scalable, robust, and future-oriented integration solutions.

• Serve as the intermediary between business stakeholders and the Integration Development Team.

• Convert intricate demands into straightforward, prioritized, and developer-ready specifications.

• Ensure alignment of requirements with Arden’s integration strategy, middleware roadmap, and event-driven architecture.

• Promote enhanced utilization of APIs, automation, cloud platforms, and reusable integration patterns.

• Empower Software Engineers to concentrate on high-quality design, development, and support.

• Conduct workshops, discovery sessions, and discussions to gather requirements.

• Generate technical documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and data mappings.

• Recognize risks, dependencies, and assumptions.

• Collaborate with software engineers throughout the entire delivery lifecycle.

• Manage and optimize technical backlogs.

• Examine business processes and pinpoint opportunities for automation and integration.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in requirements gathering and stakeholder management.

• Capable of translating business needs into clear technical specifications and requirements.

• Strong grasp of APIs, middleware, system integrations, message brokers, event-driven architectures, and cloud services.

• Experience in creating technical documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, data mappings, and functional/non-functional requirements.

• Skilled in facilitating workshops, discovery sessions, and requirements discussions.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills.

• Ability to constructively challenge requirements and identify risks, dependencies, and assumptions.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Familiarity with Agile and Kanban delivery methods, including Jira.

• Experience in working within technical delivery teams supporting software, integration, middleware, or cloud-based solutions.

• Proven experience collaborating with software engineers throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Skilled in managing and refining technical backlogs.

• Experience analyzing business processes and identifying automation and integration opportunities.

• Understanding of data transformation and asynchronous messaging.

• Eligibility to work in the UK; sponsorship may not be available for certain roles.

🏝️ Benefits

• 30 days of holiday in addition to bank holidays.

• Christmas closure.

• Generous Aviva pension plan with company contributions starting from 7%.

• BUPA Cash Plan.

• Private Medical Insurance coverage for specific job roles.

• Access to Perkbox benefits.

• Opportunity to study any Arden course for free.

• Discount for family and friends on Arden courses.

• Golden Ticket allowing you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.

• Primarily remote working arrangement with minimal travel required to the Coventry head office or UK campuses.