TIBCO Architect | On-site role.

Xlysi•North Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The TIBCO Architect will lead enterprise integration modernization and migration initiatives for a strategic client engagement in the Life Sciences domain. The role focuses on defining integration architecture, leading TIBCO BusinessWorks 5 (BW5) to BusinessWorks 6 (BW6) migration strategy, implementing containerized integration services, and guiding delivery teams through complex transformation programs. The work includes migration programs involving 2,000–3,000 interfaces, with responsibility for migration planning, architecture design, technical governance, dependency management, and delivery oversight. This is a client-facing, on-site role in North Chicago, Illinois. The architect will work with client leadership, enterprise architects, application owners, business stakeholders, infrastructure and DevOps teams, and distributed delivery teams. Responsibilities also include strategic planning, solution development, estimation, and roadmap definition for multi-year integration transformation initiatives.

Requirements

12+ years of overall IT experience, with substantial experience in enterprise integration architecture.
Extensive hands-on and architectural experience with TIBCO BusinessWorks 5 (BW5) and BusinessWorks 6 (BW6).
Proven experience leading BW5-to-BW6 migration programs.
Demonstrated experience in large-scale integration migration initiatives involving 2,000–3,000 interfaces.
Strong experience in interface inventory assessment, complexity analysis, dependency mapping, migration planning, and phased execution.
Proven experience implementing and operating containerized TIBCO integration services.
Strong understanding of TIBCO BW6 architecture, runtime components, deployment models, configuration, and administration.
Experience with container platforms and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, as applicable to the target environment.
Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, synchronous and asynchronous communication, messaging, APIs, and service-oriented architecture.
Experience with integration security, authentication, authorization, certificates, encryption, and secure connectivity.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production support.
Experience leading multiple development and migration workstreams across distributed teams.
Excellent stakeholder management, technical presentation, problem-solving, and client communication skills.
Ability to lead complex integration modernization programs across global delivery teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or other regulated enterprise environments.
Experience with large-scale legacy middleware modernization and integration platform consolidation.
Exposure to cloud infrastructure and hybrid integration architectures.
Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation tools such as Terraform.
Familiarity with API management platforms, including Azure API Management.
Experience defining migration factories, reusable accelerators, automated migration assessments, and standardized delivery frameworks.
Experience with global delivery models and onsite-offshore engagement structures.
Exposure to pre-sales, solution architecture, estimation, and strategic consulting engagements.
Relevant TIBCO certifications.

Responsibilities

Define and drive enterprise integration architecture strategy for large-scale transformation programs.
Design scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing integration solutions using TIBCO technologies.
Establish integration standards, reusable architecture patterns, design principles, and governance frameworks.
Evaluate existing integration landscapes and recommend modernization approaches aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Lead architecture reviews and provide technical direction across multiple integration workstreams.
Lead end-to-end BW5-to-BW6 migration strategy and execution planning.
Assess legacy BW5 applications, interfaces, dependencies, custom components, and integration patterns.
Define migration approaches, roadmaps, interface prioritization, migration waves, and cutover plans.
Identify compatibility issues, deprecated features, custom code dependencies, and platform-specific challenges.
Establish migration standards, reusable frameworks, technical guidelines, and validation procedures.
Oversee functional validation, integration testing, performance testing, and production deployment readiness.
Manage migration risks, technical dependencies, and cross-team coordination.
Plan migrations involving 2,000–3,000 enterprise interfaces, including assessment of complexity, business criticality, dependencies, and readiness.
Define interface inventory, classification, complexity assessment, and migration prioritization frameworks.
Develop phased migration strategies that minimize business disruption and maintain continuity of critical integrations.
Establish migration factories, standardized delivery processes, reusable components, automation opportunities, tracking mechanisms, progress metrics, quality gates, and governance processes.
Coordinate parallel delivery teams and resolve complex technical issues and integration dependencies across application teams.
Architect and lead implementation of containerized TIBCO integration services.
Define containerization and deployment architectures for BW6 applications, including images, runtime configuration, networking, security, and resource allocation.
Establish environment configuration, deployment automation, and configuration management standards.
Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and DevOps teams to implement container platforms and supporting services.
Define container lifecycle management, health checks, logging, monitoring, scalability, and resiliency standards.
Establish CI/CD pipelines for build, packaging, deployment, and promotion across environments.
Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions, architecture assessments, and solution planning.
Review and approve solution architecture, technical design documents, and integration specifications.
Define coding standards, development guidelines, exception management processes, and architectural quality gates.
Provide technical leadership to TIBCO developers, technical leads, and integration teams, resolving architecture, performance, reliability, and integration issues.
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, compliance, performance, and operational standards.
Define CI/CD strategies and automated build and deployment processes across development, QA, and production environments.
Collaborate with DevOps teams on infrastructure automation and configuration management.
Define monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational support standards; drive performance tuning, fault tolerance, resiliency, and high-availability design.
Establish production readiness criteria, cutover procedures, rollback plans, and support transition processes.
Engage client leadership, enterprise architects, application owners, and business stakeholders; present architecture recommendations, migration strategies, risks, dependencies, and roadmaps.
Support effort estimation, resource planning, proposal development, and delivery planning.
Provide strategic recommendations for integration modernization, platform optimization, and technical debt reduction.
Participate in executive reviews, architecture governance forums, and client steering committee meetings.