Integration Analyst

About the role

Sika, a global specialty chemicals company, is looking for an Integration Analyst in Madrid. The role takes full ownership of the end-to-end requirements engineering process for integrations, working with architects, engineers and application owners to define, document and validate data flows.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse source system data models, structures and metadata, and support source-to-target mapping between applications, APIs and events
• Document canonical models, semantic mappings and reusable integration patterns, and assess the technical feasibility of integration use cases
• Evaluate optimal integration patterns (API, events) and help architects define the target solution design
• Produce functional and technical specifications, and define interface contracts, mapping rules, data quality rules, error-handling rules and validation checks
• Work with Data & AI Integration Architects, Integration Engineers and Application Owners, and support platform teams on ingestion strategies and metadata standards
• Develop test scenarios and support integration, regression and data quality testing, then validate end-to-end data flows after implementation
• Contribute to improving integration standards and support governance of metadata, lineage and API/interface versioning

Required profile

• Higher education in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related technical field
• 3-5 years of experience in system integration, data analysis or API-based data flows
• Deep understanding of data modeling, data quality, metadata and semantics
• Experience in agile environments and excellent communication with technical stakeholders

Required skills

• Ability to read API specifications such as OpenAPI
• Experience with integration technologies such as MuleSoft, Boomi and API gateways
• Familiarity with cloud platforms
• Desired: event-driven architectures, ERP/CRM data structures (SAP, Salesforce), basic scripting (Python, SQL, Bash), ETL/ELT tools and lakehouse technologies (e.g. Databricks)

What we offer

• A competitive salary aligned with local market benchmarks and the role's scope
• Good social benefits, pension fund and accident insurance solutions