Principal Integration Architect

Principal Integration Architect – Perdue Farms

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth‑generation, family‑owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward‑thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work‑life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.

The Principal Solution Architect’s responsibilities include gathering requirements and functional specifications, assessing the current software systems in place to identify areas in need of improvement, and overseeing development teams for Enterprise‑wide Technology projects. You should also be able to regularly update the company leadership on any developments in systems architecture projects. To be successful as a principal Integration architect, you should be able to integrate any updated specifications and requirements into the systems architecture across multiple domains or subject areas.

The salary range for this position is $143,000 - $215,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance). This position is based at Corporate Headquarters in Salisbury, MD with a hybrid schedule of 25‑50% in the office based on business needs.

• Responsible for creating integration architectures that connect various SAP and non‑SAP systems, ensuring seamless data flow and process automation across cloud and on‑premises environments.
• Defines, implements, and monitors compliance to Interface SLAs, Integration Guidelines, architecture, access levels, and quality standards. Ensures all defined guidelines, SLAs, and standards are followed across projects.
• Ensuring connectivity between SAP and non‑SAP systems, leveraging APIs, web services, and middleware.
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of integration solutions to meet business requirements. Implement security measures and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Defines, implements, and monitors compliance to configuration, workflow, architecture, integration, access levels, and quality standards for middleware. Translates high‑level business requirements into suitable integration patterns.
• Building and integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs across multiple domains or subject areas.
• Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with multiple technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it. Resolving complex technical problems as they arise.
• Work on end‑to‑end Integration scenarios involving S4
  
  HANA on RISE Private Cloud, ECC, SAP Success Factors, event‑driven architecture and enterprise messaging SAP Event Mesh, Snowflake and other third‑party applications.
• Hands‑on experience with REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, ODATA, XSLT and OAuth authentication, SFTP, JDBC, IDOCs, SOAP, Azure, HTTP/HTTPS, SAP BTP and Cloud Connector.
• Experience with Groovy Script for custom integration logic. Experience in SAP Integration Suite, SAP PI/PO integration development.
• Good knowledge of event‑driven architecture and enterprise messaging SAP Event Mesh.
• Experience in implementing Integration (A2A/B2B), TPM (Trading Partner Management) and Integration Advisory tools (MIG/MAG).
• Continuously researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.
• Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented.
• Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have. Assists stewards and data owners in…