Location: Ispra (VA), Italy — near-site, min. 2 days/week on-site.
Client: Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Contract: Long-term service provision
About the role We are looking for a Senior Integration Architect to join the Knowledge Management & Data team of the JRCs ICT competence centre in Ispra. You will be responsible for integrating AI capabilities into JRC business applications — including the GENESIS UI and ALOHA platforms — ensuring alignment with business needs, technical requirements, and European Commission standards.
You will work within a large, multicultural and multilingual international organisation, contributing to independent, evidence-based science that supports EU policies.
What you will do Design, plan and implement integration strategies within an HTTP/S ecosystem
Apply distributed-architecture best practices to solve complex integration problems between information systems
Design, implement and document APIs, exposed securely on a public-facing API Gateway
Design, implement and deploy workflows
Develop,



deploy and manage integration solutions on containerised infrastructure
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions meet organisational standards for security, scalability and maintainability
Working conditions Near-site service provision with a minimum of 2 days per week on-site at the JRC Ispra premises; ad hoc on-site presence may be requested with 2 hours notice
High degree of discretion required when handling personal or confidential data; signature of the Commissions Ethics reminder is required
Mandatory requirements University degree (EQF Level 7 — masters degree or 5 years of higher education)
Minimum 20 years of IT professional experience
English B2 or higher (spoken and written)
10+ years of experience in each of the following:
HTTP and API design
RESTful and SOAP web services (design and consumption)
Asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe techniques and technologies
5+ years of experience in each

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