Department: Enterprise Architecture / Integration Engineering
Reports To: VP of Enterprise Architecture / Director of Software Engineering
Position Summary
The MuleSoft Architect serves as the primary technical authority for enterprise integration strategy and API management. This role translates complex business strategies into scalable, secure, and resilient integration architectures using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform. The MuleSoft Architect oversees end-to-end API-led connectivity, defines design patterns and governance standards, establishes C4E (Center for Enablement) frameworks, and guides engineering teams across hybrid and cloud deployment models.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Integration Strategy: Establish the overall API and integration roadmap, defining three-tier API-led architectures (Experience, Process, and System APIs) aligned with business objectives.
Architecture & Solution Design: Lead architectural sessions, produce High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents, and define data models, message routing, and transformation standards using DataWeave.
C4E & Governance: Drive the Center for Enablement (C4E) to promote asset reuse, establish API design best practices, enforce security policies, and maintain code review standards across the organization.
Platform & Infrastructure Design: Design deployment architectures across CloudHub 2.0, Runtime Fabric (RTF), or on-premises environments, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and low latency.
Security & Compliance Frameworks: Architect security models including OAuth 2.0, mTLS, SAML, JWT, API gateways, and policy-based access control in compliance with enterprise security mandates.
Performance & Scalability: Define caching strategies, load balancing, rate limiting, message queues (Anypoint MQ, Apache Kafka), and fault-tolerant failover patterns.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Guide developers, conduct architectural review boards (ARB), troubleshoot complex system bottlenecks, and mentor teams on enterprise integration patterns (EIP).
Qualifications & Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: 8+ years in enterprise software integration and API architecture, with 4+ years acting as a primary MuleSoft Architect.
Core Technical Competencies:
Deep expertise in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform (Design Center, API Manager, Exchange, Runtime Manager, Monitoring).
Advanced knowledge of API-led connectivity, microservices design, event-driven architecture, and ESB topologies.
Mastery of Mule 4.x, DataWeave 2.0, RAML, OAS (OpenAPI Specification), and Java/J2EE.
Experience integrating enterprise platforms (e.g., Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Workday) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure).
Experience configuring deployment topology on CloudHub, Runtime Fabric, or Kubernetes.
DevOps & CI/CD: Hands-on knowledge of automated build/deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Maven, and Anypoint CLI.
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications:
MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect (MCIA)
MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect (MCPA)