Manager Integration Software Engineer Jobs in Texas

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This software engineering position is for an Integration / Middleware Engineer role with expertise as an Enterprise Integration Platform Administrator. It is a hybrid role bridging software development and system administration of the underlying Integration/Middleware technology platforms. The professional designs, builds, and maintains integration pipelines, APIs, and other middleware components that connect business applications, external business partner organizations (B2B) and other Software as a Service (SaaS) providers while also contributing to managing and administering the centralized iPaaS/Integration platform.

Core Responsibilities Integration Engineering

• Integration Pipeline Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy complex API‑led, event‑driven, or batch integrations between internal and external systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, HRIS, Logistics, Supply Chain, Finance, Settlement/Reconciliation, Analytics).
• Design, development, testing, and deployment of integrations for cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid scenarios.
• Work with the Integration/iPaaS platform vendor to troubleshoot platform issues and ensure seamless upgrades.
• Work with Network Operations and Network Security teams to provide needed network access for new integrations.
• Provide oversight to third‑party vendor integration support teams.
• Work with business areas to define new integration requirements.
• Participate in requirements, design and development reviews.
• Data Transformation: Create and maintain mapping rules, data validation, and transformations (e.g., JSON, XML, XSLT, EDI) to ensure data fidelity across endpoints.
• API Management: Design, publish, secure, and monitor REST APIs and webhooks.
• Troubleshooting & Triage: Act as the highest tier of support to resolve integration failures, connectivity drops, and payload mismatches. Provide guidance and troubleshooting assistance to the 24×7 integration support team.

Platform Administration

• Platform Management: Administer the Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (IBM Webmethods Hybrid iPaaS, Boomi, MFT, Custom Microservices and APIs).
• Administer iPaaS/on‑premises integration platforms such as Boomi or IBM Webmethods Hybrid iPaaS platform including user and security management, deployment, process logging, best practices/guardrails for integration engineers and reporting.
• Manage and perform scheduled platform release updates and maintenance, including applying server OS updates.
• Environment Maintenance: Oversee platform health, user access controls, patching, upgrades, and system capacity planning as needed.
• Governance & Standards: Define and enforce integration policies, API lifecycles, security standards, and naming conventions as applicable to the integration platforms/ integrations.
• CI/CD & Release Management: Manage code promotion, deployment pipelines, and version control across development, staging, and production environments.

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or equivalent. A minimum of 5 years of experience with the above technologies/integration skills is required.
• Platform Expertise: Hands‑on administration and development experience on modern integration platforms. Experience with IBM Webmethods Hybrid iPaaS, Boomi, MFT, Custom Microservices, APIs and API gateways is highly preferred.
• Languages & Scripting: Proficiency in backend programming/scripting (Python, Java, or equivalent).
• Protocols: Familiarity with data exchange formats (JSON, XML) and protocols (REST, SOAP, GraphQL, X12, AS2, SFTP, etc. as relevant to integration engineering).
• Database Knowledge: Strong querying capabilities in SQL and familiarity with relational & NoSQL databases.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical problem‑solving, stakeholder communication, and technical documentation skills.

Additional Qualifications

• Cross‑functional Collaboration: Partner with application owners, business analysts, and DevOps teams to map data flows and understand business requirements.
• Proactive Monitoring: Implement logging and alert systems to identify performance bottlenecks before they disrupt business operations.
• Technical Documentation: Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date integration blueprints, mapping matrices, and runbooks for support teams.