Principal Integration Architect

We Make Life More Rewarding and Dignified

Location: Libertyville
Department: Information Technology

Summary:

Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products and services worldwide. As part of our commitment to digital excellence, we are driving seamless system connectivity and innovation through modern integration platforms, APIs, and cloud-based architectures. Our Integration Architects play a key role in enabling secure, scalable, and intelligent data flows that empower our global operations and support our mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for the people who use our products.

The Principal Integration Architect is responsible for designing and governing enterprise integration solutions, with a primary focus on connecting to and from SAP applications. This role requires deep expertise in integration technologies and patterns. It involves working collaboratively with business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable data exchange across systems. The architect will serve as the subject matter expert for middleware architecture and play a key role in aligning integration solutions with business and IT objectives.

The position requires very little direction, and tasks are generally complex and broad in both scope and implications. Associates at this level would have advanced technical knowledge and be expected to look forward to potential new methods or technologies within their discipline, to proactively identify and address issues, and to have the ability to mentor lower-level Associates.

Additionally, the associate will be called upon to work with Project Managers, Process Leads and other people in the process organization to discuss integration requests / requirements. Hollister Incorporated operates in a hybrid work environment. A minimum of 3 days in the office (Libertyville, IL) per week is required.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and deliver scalable integration solutions using SAP CPI, SAP Integration Suite, CI-DS, and Boomi, including API Management and event-driven patterns on SAP BTP.
• Design and implement SAP-centric interfaces (S/4HANA, ECC, cloud apps) using IDoc, RFC, BAPI, OData, SOAP, and REST, supporting real-time, batch, and asynchronous flows.
• Define and enforce enterprise integration standards, reusable patterns, and security practices across clouds, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, developers, and vendors to gather requirements and deliver robust, supportable integration solutions.
• Oversee interface monitoring, error handling, and lifecycle governance, while contributing to platform roadmap, tool evaluations, and adoption strategies.
• Support SAP transformation efforts by aligning integration architecture with Clean Core and cloud-first strategies and ensuring readiness for S/4HANA and hybrid deployments.
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring, performance tuning, code/design reviews, and promotion of integration best practices.

Essential Functions of the Role:

• Talk on the phone with Hollister associates, globally.
• Read technical manuals / trade journals
• Use a personal computer and strong proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Travel via plane or automobile

Requirements:

Number of overall years necessary: 12-15

• Minimum of 10 years of enterprise integration experience, including SAP, with a bachelor's degree, or 14 years of experience with a high school diploma.
• BS/BA Computer Science or equivalent related field of study




• MS/MTech in Computer Science or equivalent field of study (preferred)




• Demonstrated significant global project success\

Specialized Skills/Technical Knowledge:

• Minimum 10 years experience in:

• Designing and implementing integrations with SAP systems, including S/4HANA and ECC
• Integration protocols and standards such as IDoc, RFC, BAPI, OData, SOAP, and REST
• Integration tools including SAP Cloud Integration (CPI), SAP Integration Suite, SAP CI-DS, and Boomi
• Designing secure, scalable, and resilient integration solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Collaborating and working effectively with business stakeholders, developers, and cross-functional teams
• Troubleshooting and performance tuning for complex integration issues
• Enterprise integration patterns and best practices

• Preferences:

• Familiarity with SAP BTP services such as API Management, Event Mesh, and Extension Suite
• Experience with API-led and event-driven architecture patterns
• Knowledge of Clean Core principles and SAP extensibility strategies (in-app and side-by-side)
• Experience contributing to integration strategy, platform roadmap, and tool evaluations
• Technical leadership experience, including mentoring, code reviews, and design guidance

Local Specifications:

• English Fluency, both verbal and written. Additional languages a plus.

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Our Total Rewards package in aggregate is above market and includes competitive pay, paid time off programs, peer-to-peer recognition, health and life insurance, wellness programs and incentives, generous retirement savings, and a unique Benefit of Employee Share Ownership Program (BESOP).

• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $140,000 - $204,000 yearly. The actual salary varies based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, abilities, and other legitimate business factors.
• This position is also eligible to participate in the Hollister Corporate Bonus Plan. The Company also provides a unique Benefit of Employee Share Ownership Program (BESOP) program based on earnings and length of service.
• The Company's health and welfare benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, spending/savings accounts, disability, company paid (parental and caregiver) leaves, statutory leaves/disability programs, accident, life, wellbeing, education assistance, adoption assistance, and voluntary benefit programs.
• The Company's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan includes: auto-enrollment, ROTH, vesting and eligible participants "safe harbor" matching contributions.
• The Company's paid time off benefits include: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation based on length of service and exempt/non-exempt status, and sick days based on statutory requirements and/or exempt/non-exempt status.
• The Company's additional benefits include: education assistance and adoption assistance benefit programs.

About Hollister Incorporated
Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company spearheads the advancement of innovative products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also creates educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, Hollister has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider, Inc., and is guided both by its Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use our products and services, as well as its Vision to grow and prosper as an independent, employee-owned company, and in the process, to become better human beings.

EOE Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job Req ID: 34756