Agilent Technologies is connecting a diverse portfolio of instruments, applications, and platform services into a unified software ecosystem.
The Lead Integration Architect is a senior individual contributor role responsible for defining and operationalizing the integration architecture standards and reference patterns that enable interoperability across Agilent's software platform and partner divisions.
This role owns integration architecture at the standards and governance level, establishing API design patterns, event-driven architecture standards, schema governance, and versioning frameworks that product teams adopt across the portfolio.
Design and own integration architecture solutions across the software platform, instruments, applications, and enterprise systems
Define integration standards and reference architectures: Architect and hands-on guide containerized integration solutions using Kubernetes, ensuring platform-grade reliability, scalability, and operability
Review and approve critical integration designs across product teams, making binding architecture decisions where standards are at stake
Partner across divisions as the go-to integration authority, solving complex cross-system and cross-organizational architecture problems directly
Define integration contracts between platform services, instruments, and enterprise systems, owning technical quality of those interfaces
10+ years of software engineering or architecture experience, with 5+ years in hands-on integration architecture roles
~ Deep practical expertise across the full integration stack: REST/GraphQL API design, event-driven architecture (Kafka, MQTT, or equivalent), asynchronous messaging, and schema governance
~ Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, deploying, operating, and architecting containerized workloads at platform scale
~ Experience with Docker and cloud-native deployment patterns across edge and cloud environments




~ Demonstrated track record of delivering integration solutions, not just defining patterns but owning their design and technical quality through implementation
~ Experience setting and enforcing API versioning, schema management, and contract-based integration standards
~ Ability to make and defend binding architecture decisions across teams with competing priorities

Experience in scientific instrumentation, laboratory software, or regulated industries (life sciences, diagnostics)
Familiarity with service mesh, API gateway, and platform-level integration infrastructure
Experience integrating AI/ML inference services and data pipelines through governed integration patterns
This job has a full time weekly schedule.
Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.
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As a global leader in laboratory and clinical technologies, we are passionate about bringing great science to life. Our commitment to quality and innovation supports cutting-edge life science research, patient diagnostics, and ensures the safety of water, food, and pharmaceuticals. Leveraging more than 50 years of expertise, we create advanced instruments, software, and consumables supported by teams of highly skilled and knowledgeable people. With 18,000 employees around the world, our integral reach and comprehensive solutions provide the most reliable and accurate results, as well as optimal scientific, economic, and operational outcomes. Our culture is founded on trust, respect, and uncompromising integrity, and we pride ourselves on being a dynamic and inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity and fosters innovation.

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