Associate Director, Data & Application Integration

• Lead enterprise strategy for application-to-data integration and set technical direction
• Define and govern standards, patterns, and architecture principles for integration across applications and data platforms
• Drive alignment between DT application engineering, Data Engineering, Analytics, Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure teams
• Establish strategy for APIs, event streams, ETL/ELT pipelines, data replication, and cloud-native integration services
• Identify integration risks, redundant interfaces, architectural gaps, and opportunities to increase reuse and standardization
• Review and approve major integration designs through architecture governance processes
• Ensure cybersecurity, resiliency, compliance, and performance requirements are incorporated into integration designs
• Influence multi-year roadmaps for applications and data platforms to ensure technical alignment
• Mentor and guide architects, senior engineers, and technical leads in integration architecture and data interface design
• Lead cross-team execution to resolve complex multi-system integration issues
• Serve as senior technical authority for application integration with enterprise data and AI platforms
• Act as primary liaison between DT Application teams and the Data, Analytics & AI organization
• Lead complex cross-team engineering efforts supporting cloud modernization, platform consolidation, and mission-critical analytics and AI initiatives

Requirements

• University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience
• Experience leading large-scale application-data integration initiatives
• Advanced expertise in APIs, event-driven systems, data pipelines, microservices, and integration platforms
• Strong knowledge of Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud services
• Experience driving governance and alignment across multiple technical organizations
• Ability to design secure and compliant integration solutions in regulated environments
• Strong ability to diagnose and resolve complex cross-system data flows and interoperability issues
• Master’s degree in technical field preferred
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other regulated industries preferred
• Familiarity with enterprise data governance and metadata management preferred
• Experience designing integrations for data lakes, lakehouses, and event streaming systems, including Snowflake and Databricks
• Professional certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, TOGAF, or integration platform certifications preferred
• Experience leading enterprise modernization or cloud transformation programs preferred
• U.S. citizenship required; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced expertise in application-to-data integration, including API design, event-driven systems, and data pipeline architecture. Proven ability to lead cross-team engineering efforts and ensure compliance and security in regulated environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Application-Data Integration Leadership
• Advanced API Expertise
• Cloud Services Knowledge (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Integration Architecture Governance
• Cross-System Data Flow Resolution

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• APIs
• Event-Driven Systems
• Data Pipelines
• Microservices
• Integration Platforms
• Data Lakes
• Lakehouses
• Event Streaming Systems
• Integration Design
• Data Interface Design

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• TOGAF

Industry Keywords

• Aerospace
• Defense
• Regulated Industries
• Enterprise Data Governance
• Metadata Management

Tools & Technologies

• Snowflake
• Databricks