Key Responsibilities:

Platform Management & Operations:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations, administration, and L2/L3 support for Dell Boomi, webMethods, JS7, and Xtract Universal platforms, ensuring high availability, reliability, security, and optimal performance across our global infrastructure.

• Manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs), operational procedures (SOPs), monitoring, alerting, and incident/problem management for the middleware and scheduler environments, adhering to ITIL best practices.

• Plan and execute platform patching, upgrades, disaster recovery testing, and capacity management activities in coordination with global teams.

Integration Development & Delivery:

• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of new integrations and enhancements on Boomi and webMethods platforms according to business requirements from various functional areas.

• Establish and enforce development standards, best practices, code review processes, and governance for the integration development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Oversee the development, maintenance, and optimization of jobs and complex workflows within the multiple scheduler platforms.

Platform Optimization & Strategy:

• Continuously evaluate and optimize the performance, efficiency, security posture, and cost-effectiveness of the middleware platforms and integration processes.

• Develop and maintain the strategic roadmap for PerkinElmer's middleware and integration technologies, aligning with overall IT and business strategies, including cloud adoption, API-led integration patterns, and event-driven architectures.

• Manage vendor relationships and licenses for key middleware and scheduler software (Dell, Software AG, SOS GmbH, Theobald Software).

Architecture & Cross-Functional Alignment:

• Act as the lead architect for integration solutions, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and adhere to PerkinElmer's enterprise architecture standards.

• Collaborate closely with global Enterprise Application leads (e.g., SAP, Salesforce, Data Warehouse, etc.), Infrastructure teams, Security teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and design effective end-to-end integration solutions.

• Provide integration expertise, architectural guidance, and resource estimation for platform modernization efforts and other capital projects impacting the Enterprise Applications landscape.

Leadership & Team Management:

• Build, lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of middleware engineers and administrators based in Pune and potentially coordinating with resources in other regions.

• Manage resource allocation, and project prioritization for the middleware function.

• Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, security awareness, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Communicate effectively with senior leadership and stakeholders regarding platform status, strategy, risks, and project updates.