IT Principal Architect - MuleSoft

Description & Requirements

You will join our VES/OMS integration initiative, partnering with Salesforce, Java, and DevOps teams to deliver a modern, API-driven platform.

Our stack includes MuleSoft CloudHub running in AWS VPCs, Salesforce integrations, Java microservices, and database-backed services for VA disability workflows.As our MuleSoft Architect, you'll own the end-to-end integration architecture and guide the team in designing, building, and operating MuleSoft APIs and integrations.

You'll define best practices for security, performance, and reliability, and mentor developers and QA engineers on MuleSoft patterns and tooling.

Per VES contract requirements, staff working on the VES project must be a US Citizen or US Legal Resident (green card holders)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provide technical expertise in leading large complex, strategic initiatives.

- Analyze functional applications, design specifications and documentation for functional activities.
- Responsible for the translation of detailed design into application systems.
- Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, and other accepted design techniques and tools.

- May estimate software development costs and schedule.

- Provide guidance, coaching and training to lower level professional staff.

Integration Design & Architecture

o Define the MuleSoft API and integration layer architecture for VEMS, OMS, and Salesforce.

o Create and maintain RAML/OpenAPI specs, API policies, and governance guidelines.

• Development Leadership

o Lead a pair of MuleSoft developers in implementing flows, error-handling, and transformations.

o Review code, enforce CI/CD pipelines, and ensure quality through automated tests.

• Security & Operations

o Architect mutual-TLS, certificate management (PFX/JKS), and private load-balancer routing (port 8092) in AWS.

o Configure alerts, logging, and dashboards to monitor API health and performance.

• Collaboration & Mentoring

o Partner with Salesforce Dev Leads, Java Architects, and DevOps to align on release schedules and environment strategy (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod).

o Coach developers on Mule best practices, data modeling, and error-recovery patterns.

• Documentation & Standards

o Maintain integration runbooks, interface catalogs, and troubleshooting guides.

o Enforce coding standards, naming conventions, and deployment processes.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of middleware or ESB architecture experience, with at least 3 years on MuleSoft 4.x (CloudHub)

• Deep knowledge of RAML/OpenAPI, DataWeave transformations, and Mule Security (OAuth2, mTLS)

• Hands-on with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: Runtime Manager, API Manager, Exchange, Studio

• Experience with AWS networking (VPC, NACLs, Load Balancers) and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Anypoint Pipelines)

• Proficient in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and creating automated test suites for integrations
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