The Opportunity

Delaware North is hiring for an Application Integration Architect to join our Data Products and Services team in Buffalo, New York.

The Data Products and Services team is a rapidly growing team that enables Delaware North's vision of using data as differentiator in the hospitality industry. Our work is the foundation of company initiatives to automate business processes, gather insights, and make informed decisions. Our team uses software and solutions to aggregate, process, catalog, and distribute large data sets throughout Delaware North's global organization, client base, and partners. These foundational services empower Delaware North's mobile, data science, analytical and business intelligence, and operational systems. The main priorities of the Application Integration Architect include working with internal and external customers and partners to define functional and interface specifications, evaluate various technology options, design integration architecture and standards, prototyping, supporting implementation, and testing integrated solutions.

While this role is posted in New York, we will consider remote workers willing to work Eastern Time Zone hours.

Per city, state, or client mandate, all current and new hires at this location are required to have received an authorized COVID 19 vaccination. You will be asked to confirm this prior to receiving a job offer.

At Delaware North, we care about our associates. We are committed to invest in our people's personal and professional journeys, without you, there is no us. These are just some of the benefits we offer: health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, performance bonuses, paid vacation days and holidays, and generous friends-and-family discounts at many of our hotels and resorts. Click here to learn more .

Responsibilities

• Working with multiple vendors to align on application integration architecture supporting business unit needs
• Developing and maintaining integration patterns and reference architectures, and guiding teams on appropriate usage
• Working across a variety of third-party applications - POS, Mobile, Loyalty, Property Management Systems, etc.
• Interfacing with clients, vendors, and internal users on understanding of the data flow and usage between applications
• Leading group design and architecture sessions
• Provide thought leadership and architectural expertise to aid engineering teams in the implementation of robust and scalable architectures
• Authoring documentation for standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, etc.
• Developing integration tests to validate solution architecture
• Providing guidance and troubleshooting support for complex production integration incidents

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar STEM field preferred
• Expert level knowledge on enterprise integration architecture and patterns
• Maintain and develop secure integration architectures, ensuring that securing data is at the forefront of every architecture decision
• Experience with API protocols and schemes (SOAP, REST); including micro-services concepts
• Ability to effectively collaborate with business users and vendors to address and solve development issues
• Ability to effectively triage and track issues through to resolution
• Excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills
• Technical specification and use case (story) documentation
• Familiarity with data mapping and transformation techniques

PREFERRED:

• Working knowledge of data structures and formats such as JSON and XML
• Familiarity with cloud computing services, analysis & implementation experience (preferably related to Amazon Web Services)
• Experience working with Agile methodologies

OTHER:

• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• Must be able to work, focus, and be productive remotely and work Eastern Time zone hours
• Able to work, focus, and be productive in a virtual, remote environment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience designing and optimizing integration solutions across all common integration styles - batch, micro-batch, API, streaming, messaging, etc.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in related IT role

No C2C please.

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Who We Are

At Delaware North, you'll love where you work, who you work with, and how your day unfolds. Whether it's in sporting venues, casinos, airports, national parks, iconic hotels, or premier restaurants, there's no telling where your career can ultimately take you. We empower you to do great work in a company with 100 years of success, stability and growth. If you have drive and enjoy the thrill of making things happen - share our vision and grow with us.

Delaware North Companies, Incorporated and its subsidiaries consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Delaware North is an equal opportunity employer.