Data Integration and API Lead

Data Integration and API Lead

Pay Range $125,000 to $148,000

Location Colorado Springs, CO

Date First Posted 8 / 14 / 24

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Data Integration and API Lead

This job is eligible for relocation assistance to aid with the costs of relocating to the Colorado Springs area.

Colorado Springs Utilities' Integration & Data Engineering team is hiring a Data Integration and API Lead to serve as our organization's lead technical expert for building and maintaining integrations.

Our team currently maintains approximately 150 integrations across the organization using Azure Integration Services, BizTalk, and Managed File Transfer while working with vendors to ensure platforms and services are up to date and operating correctly.

If you have expertise in service-oriented architecture (SOA) integration, proficiency in integration technologies (e.g., Azure Integration), and have a desire to build and maintain integrations, this may be the opportunity for you!

A day in the life of a Data Integration and API Lead may include :

• Building and / or maintaining integrations between applications along with maintaining integration platforms (e.g., Azure Integration Services, BizTalk, MFT)
• Helping define integration and dataflow architecture and evaluating vendor web services and API capabilities
• Identifying gaps in integration services and working on solutions to ensure stability as platform technologies evolve
• Assessing future API management and integration tools to include vetting capabilities against requirements and performing validation activities as needed
• Developing and managing external-facing API layer for integrations
• Serving as the point of contact for resolving issues related to integrations and API services
• Building internal, external, and third-party supplier relationships to ensure commitment and support for API and integration services

Who You Are

• Experience with building and maintaining technology integrations using system integration methods and technologies including web services, SOAP, JSON, REST, APIs, XML, automated testing frameworks, and orchestration tools
• Expertise with Azure Integration Services, BizTalk, and SOA Integration
• Knowledge of integration standards and integration architecture patterns
• Experience developing integrations in several technologies and languages (e.g., Microsoft .NET)
• Ability to compare integration approaches and assess their strengths and limitations

Our Commitment to Our Employees

Our people are the heart and soul of Colorado Springs Utilities. They keep the lights on, gas flowing, water coming in, and wastewater leaving.

We do not just say people are important we prove it! That’s why we are honored to invest in protecting the health and financial security of our employees and their families through our rich benefits program.

• Time Off Because everybody needs time off to recharge
• Vacation New employees accrue 13 days of paid time off to start, while our more tenured employees accrue 24 days per year
• Personal Leave 3 days per year of personal leave
• Paid Holidays 12 paid holidays per year
• Sick Leave Accrue 12 days of sick leave annually for those days when you or a family member is feeling under the weather
• Vacation Buy Purchase up to 40 hours of additional vacation time
• Pension Plan Looking forward to a comfortable lifestyle once you’re done working? The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) provides you with retirement benefits and peace of mind when you retire
• Medical Select from three comprehensive medical plans, starting at $0 per month. Employees also enjoy access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

effective the 1st of the month following your start date)

• Wellness Program Voluntary wellness program that allows you and your spouse to each earn up to $500 to use towards healthcare expenses, $100 in Visa gift cards, and up to $400 in gym membership reimbursements
• Dental Select from two dental plans, with in-network PPO preventive care covered at 100% and access to orthodontia coverage (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Vision Voluntary plan that covers full vision care services and discounts on LASIK eye surgery (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Retirement Saving Programs Supplement your pension plan with voluntary retirement programs such as the PERAPlus 401(k) and MissionSquare’s Roth IRA and 457 plans
• Disability Coverage Short-Term (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurance available for purchase (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Makes the going a little easier by aiding with mental health, stress management, work-life balance, financial and legal matters, and much more
• Long-Term Care Insurance (LTC) Whether it's due to an accident or a serious illness, LTC insurance is available for purchase to help you and your loved ones (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Life Insurance Company-paid life insurance and supplemental coverage available (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Tuition Reimbursement Employees are eligible to receive up to $5,250 annually for Tuition Reimbursement
• Qualifying Public Service Employer Payments made towards student loans may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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