Tiger Advisory · 5 hours ago
Senior Integration Architect
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expTiger Advisory is seeking an experienced Integration Architect to lead the design and architecture of integration services for a pharmaceutical manufacturing client's Azure cloud environment. This role is critical in enabling reliable and compliant system-to-system communication across a digital manufacturing ecosystem, focusing on integration architecture and governance standards that meet regulatory requirements.
AdviceConsultingRisk Management
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end integration architecture for the digital manufacturing ecosystem
Lead discovery sessions with application teams (D365, MES, LIMS, Empower CDS) to define integration requirements, event/command patterns, and data contracts
Design Azure Service Bus topology including namespace strategy, queues/topics/subscriptions, routing logic, and environment segmentation (Dev/QA/Prod)
Define error-handling standards, retry strategies, dead-letter queue management, and replay procedures
Establish security and governance controls aligned to pharmaceutical compliance requirements
Produce integration design artifacts including message schemas, canonical data models, interface catalogs, and sequence diagrams
Document routing standards, non-functional requirements, and traceability matrices
Develop technical roadmaps documenting implementation sequence, capacity scaling thresholds, and operational maturity milestones
Create sizing recommendations and FinOps governance models for Azure Service Bus
Facilitate requirements workshops and design review sessions with technical and business stakeholders
Support risk identification, assumption management, and mitigation planning
Define production-readiness criteria and acceptance standards for integration services
Communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to executive sponsors
Support integration services implementation and validation activities
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in enterprise integration architecture
Deep expertise in event-driven design patterns, pub/sub vs. queue patterns, and message-oriented middleware
Strong understanding of idempotency, message ordering, retry strategies, backpressure handling, and poison message management
Experience designing integration solutions for complex, multi-system environments
Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus (topics, queues, subscriptions, filters, sessions)
Familiarity with Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and API Management
Understanding of Azure networking concepts (VNet integration, private endpoints, DNS)
Experience with Azure RBAC, managed identities, and Key Vault for secrets management
Experience with ERP, MES, LIMS, or QMS integration in manufacturing or life sciences environments
Knowledge of GxP and CSV (Computer System Validation) requirements in regulated industries
Understanding of data integrity principles (ALCOA+) and audit/traceability requirements
Security architecture experience including least-privilege access, network segmentation, and encryption
Preferred
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated manufacturing environments
Microsoft Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Integration Specialist)
Experience with Terraform or ARM templates for infrastructure as code
Familiarity with ISA-95/Purdue Model for OT/IT integration patterns
Company
Tiger Advisory
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51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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