Senior Mulesoft Integration Architect, Secret Clearance

Salesforce

. Lead and govern the design of complex, multi-phased MuleSoft integration projects, ensuring adherence to API-led connectivity and integration patterns .

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

OracleSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and govern the design of complex, multi-phased MuleSoft integration projects, ensuring adherence to API-led connectivity and integration patterns
Identify opportunities and efficiencies in customers IT operating model, and support implementation of the SLDC pipeline to get greater value out of the MuleSoft platform
Define and scale enterprise integration best practices, reference architectures, foundational assets, and API patterns to drive platform adoption and reuse
Establish and enforce DevOps models, CI/CD pipelines, and operational standards, including monitoring, alerting, and full API lifecycle management
Scale best practices globally through reusable assets, reference architectures, and implementations
Enable field teams and partners to boost delivery and customer success
Lead requirements workshops and deliver architectural blueprint documents to influence the strategic direction of projects
Guide product direction and feature delivery by identifying gaps and providing valuable insights to leadership
Act as a trusted technical advisor to client executives and internal sales/delivery teams throughout the pre-sales and project delivery lifecycle
Mentor and coach junior architects, engineers, and consultants on technical design principles, implementation strategies, and customer-facing best practices
Drive decision-making for complex technical challenges, balancing scope, time-to-market, and technical debt across integration solutions
Engage with MuleSoft Product Management and Engineering to relay field feedback and influence the platform's future roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret level security clearance
10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years leading complex integration and solution architecture initiatives
2+ years of hands-on MuleSoft experience or similar experience, including proficiency in designing and implementing API-led connectivity and integration patterns
Demonstrated expertise in High Availability (HA), Scalability, the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and full API lifecycle management
Demonstrated expertise in architecting, implementing, and supporting enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements while evangelizing integration methodologies and supporting business case justification to C-level executives
Experience defining full API life-cycle management, from API design and integration development through to deployment, operations and governance
Exceptional customer-facing communication and expectation management skills, including the ability to translate complex technical requirements into appropriate solution architectures and deliverables
Demonstrated experience managing and architecting for multiple technical integration projects using the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) end-to-end, sometimes simultaneously
Demonstrated experience architecting services integrations with MuleSoft and the other solutions (e.g., IBM, BEA, Oracle Fusion, TIBCO, Dell Boomi, Progress Sonic, API Management solutions, etc.)
Demonstrated understanding of API security principles, including authentication, authorization, and the application of security policies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

MuleSoftAPI-led connectivityintegration patternsSoftware Development Lifecycle (SDLC)High Availability (HA)ScalabilityAPI lifecycle managementintegration methodologiessolution architectureAPI design

Soft Skills

customer-facing communicationexpectation managementmentoringcoachingdecision-makinginfluencingstrategic directiontechnical advisorycollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

Active Secret level security clearance