Systems integration
Systems integration involves identifying points of connection between different systems and processes, or opportunities to combine them, and designing how the components communicate.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain the process and principles of integrating systems.
- describe challenges of designing, building and testing interfaces between systems
- 2. Working
You can:
- build and test simple interfaces between systems
- work on more complex integration as part of a wider team
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- define the integration build
- co-ordinate build activities across systems
- understand how to undertake and support integration testing activities
- 4. Expert
You can:
- establish standards and procedures across a service product life cycle, including the development product life cycle, and can ensure that practitioners adhere to these
- manage resources to ensure that the systems integration function works effectively
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Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 5 | Awareness |
| DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 6 | Working |
| Senior DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 8b | Expert |
| Principal DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 8c | Expert |
| Associate infrastructure engineer | Infrastructure engineer | 4 | Awareness |
| Infrastructure engineer | Infrastructure engineer | 6 | Working |
| Senior infrastructure engineer | Infrastructure engineer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead infrastructure engineer | Infrastructure engineer | 8a | Expert |
| Principal infrastructure engineer | Infrastructure engineer | 8b | Expert |
| Junior integration engineer | Integration engineer (health interoperability) | 5 | Working |
| Integration engineer | Integration engineer (health interoperability) | 6 | Practitioner |
| Senior integration engineer | Integration engineer (health interoperability) | 7 | Expert |
| Lead integration engineer | Integration engineer (health interoperability) | 8a | Expert |
| Senior machine learning engineer | Machine learning engineer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead machine learning engineer | Machine learning engineer | 8b | Expert |
| Associate network architect | Network architect | 6 | Awareness |
| Network architect | Network architect | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead network architect | Network architect | 8a | Practitioner |
| Junior software developer | Software developer | 5 | Awareness |
| Software developer | Software developer | 6 | Working |
| Senior software developer | Software developer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead software developer | Software developer | 8a | Practitioner |
| Principal software developer | Software developer | 8b | Practitioner |