Integration Engineer Lead at City of Boise, ID

About the Department

Join the City of Boise as an Integration Engineer Lead and drive the future of our digital infrastructure! This leadership role offers the opportunity to design, architect, and maintain cutting-edge data integration solutions that connect on-premise and cloud-based systems across our organization. You'll lead a dynamic team while serving as the subject matter expert on integration technologies, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions that support critical city operations. This position combines technical excellence with leadership responsibilities, working under general supervision with significant autonomy to shape our integration strategy. Candidates with experience in ERP system integration and implementation are especially encouraged to apply.

Please note -This is a full-time permanent position. Contract, temporary, and consulting opportunities will not be considered.

Why Choose the City of Boise?

Exceptional Benefits Package - Among the Best in the Treasure Valley

• ZERO premium medical coverage for you and your entire family
• Low-cost dental, vision, and optional life/disability insurance
• PERSI retirement + 401(k)/457b options with employer match
• Generous paid leave: 10+ vacation hours monthly, 12 holidays, 8 sick hours monthly, 10 weeks parental leave
• Up to $500 annual wellness incentive + free bus pass
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program and corporate discounts

Position Duties

Coordinates day-to-day work, delegates tasks and sets deadlines for the assigned team. Provides guidance, direction and support for training and reviews work. Ensures effective collaboration with other teams. Listens to team members’ input and feedback and resolves any issues or conflicts. 

Designs and architects the integration platforms to be utilized by the organization, considering security, scalability, reliability and performance requirements to meet business objectives including defining standards and policies for required integration patterns. 

Develops, configures, deploys and manages integration solutions and implements best practices for the exchange of data and service interaction within the overall system ecosystem. Identifies and implements optimizations to improve integration efficiency, reduce latency and enhance system performance. 

Implements monitoring tools and dashboards to monitor integration processes and detect issues proactively. Provides support and troubleshooting assistance to resolve integration-related issues promptly. Develops and executes test plans, including automated testing frameworks, to ensure integration solutions are reliable, accurate and compliant with specifications 

Collaborates with stakeholders to gather requirements and define integration needs. Acts as subject matter expert on integration-related matters. Educates the organization on integration tools and industry best practices. 

Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation, including design and technical specifications, while sharing expertise through training, mentoring and code reviews. Facilitates workshops and stays current on industry trends through research, seminars and conferences. 


Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a closely related field and six years of experience in current data and application integration patterns, integration platforms and technologies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge of:

• Application development and support
• System/solution architecture
• Integration technologies, including but not limited to ESBs, message brokers, API gateways, and middleware platforms, particularly Microsoft-based technologies
• Programming languages such as Java, Python or C#
• Integration standards protocols
• Computer usage including related software
• Working in integrated development environments
• Source control repository in a team environment

Ability to:

• Troubleshoot complex integration issues
• Perform a full range of data and application integration tasks using a variety of integration technologies and platforms and component-based programming technologies and languages
• Define and document application integration patterns, policies and standards
• Communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance
• Perform all essential functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without reasonable accommodation.

Individuals must be capable of operating vehicles safely and have an acceptable driving record.

Preferred Knowledge, Experience, And Training
Master's degree in computer science, information technology or a closely related field and nine years of progressively responsible information systems experience.

Knowledge of:

• Working in governmental settings or public agencies
• Formal business analysis
• Project management
• Developing applications and components targeted for web, windows desktops and/or handheld devices
• Cloud platforms and containerization technologies.

Licensing And Other Requirements

Valid state-issued driver's license.

Special Requirements
Applicants must be able to pass:

City of Boise background check processes which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation

Transportation Security Administration background check (SIDA)

Criminal Justice Information System background check (CJIS)

Boise Police Department Criminal Justice Information System Background Check (BPD CJIS)

Other Qualifications

The physical effort characteristics and working environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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