Lead Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Engineer

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals - Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Cincinnati, OH

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Engineer is responsible for developing, overseeing, implementing, and maintaining the integration between various enterprise software applications in a life sciences manufacturing environment. This role focuses on enabling seamless data flow and process automation to support Aprecia's innovative 3D printing pharmaceutical manufacturing platforms, ensuring a flexible, scalable, and secure architecture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the selection and implementation of applications across the full enterprise software architecture.
• Collaborate with engineering teammates, application owners, IT, and business stakeholders to understand integration requirements and align solutions with organizational goals.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, including the selection, coordination, and oversight of contracts, timelines, services, and deliverables.
• Utilize strong understanding of cGMP and regulatory statutes and guidelines to ensure a secure, robust, and compliant system of applications and data management.
• Develop, oversee, and implement integration solutions using enterprise integration patterns, middleware technologies, and API management tools.
• Develop and maintain integration workflows, data mappings, and transformation rules to ensure data consistency and integrity across connected systems.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of digital dashboards for key stakeholders highlighting critical manufacturing and process data.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration-related issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the integrated systems.
• Document integration design, configurations, and maintenance procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and support ongoing operations.
• Stay up to date with the latest integration technologies, best practices, and industry trends to continuously improve the organization's integration capabilities.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical/Controls Engineering, or a related technical field required.
• 5-10 years of proven experience in enterprise application integration with a focus on SCADA, LIMS, MES, Data Historians/Warehousing, or other applications typical of a Life Sciences Manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with Ignition/Sepasoft strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Cloud vs on-premise solutions and their implications on enterprise architecture.
• Proficient in designing and implementing integration solutions using tools such as ESBs, API management platforms, and ETL/ELT tools.
• Hands-on experience with popular integration technologies, such as SOAP, REST, XML, JSON, and message queuing.
• Familiarity with security protocols and practices, such as authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
• IT hardware experience, electrical and controls engineering experience, or other machine design/development relevant cross disciplinary skillset highly desirable.

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience with 3D printing technologies preferred.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).