Integration Architect - Mulesoft

Job Description:

• Own both the delivery and architecture of enterprise integration across a transformation programme.
• The role will be accountable for ensuring integration workstreams are governed, prioritised, architecturally sound, and delivered in line with programme timelines, business priorities, and enterprise standards.
• The candidate must have strong hands-on and architectural experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API-led connectivity, reusable integration patterns, canonical data models, and enterprise integration governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Defining and operating the integration COE operating model and intake process.
• Owning the integration roadmap, delivery plan, and capacity plan across all workstreams.
• Managing escalations, blockers, risks, and cross-programme dependencies.
• Leading stage-gate design reviews from intake through deployment.
• Setting and enforcing API standards, non-functional requirements, naming conventions, design patterns, and integration best practices.
• Maintaining the enterprise integration catalogue as the single source of truth.
• Designing scalable, reusable, and governed MuleSoft APIs and integrations.
• Reviewing MuleSoft solution designs, RAML/API specifications, data mappings, security models, and deployment approaches.
• Working with business, application, data, security, infrastructure, and delivery teams to align integration outcomes.
• Supporting estimation, planning, delivery governance, and release readiness for integration workstreams.

Requirements:

Must have Skills:

• MuleSoft Integration Architecture: Strong experience designing enterprise integrations using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API-led connectivity, reusable APIs, and MuleSoft deployment patterns, designing and reviewing reusable MuleSoft APIs, including System APIs, Process APIs, and Experience APIs.
• Enterprise Integration Governance & Standards: Ability to define and enforce API standards, integration patterns, NFRs, design governance, reusable assets, and integration catalogue management.
• Platform, Network & Security Architecture Alignment: Ability to work with network, security, cloud, and infrastructure architects to ensure the MuleSoft platform is correctly set up, secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Good to have:

• MuleSoft Certifications
• MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, Platform Architect, or Developer certification.

Enterprise Architecture Experience:

• Experience with TOGAF or equivalent architecture frameworks, and ability to align integration architecture with broader enterprise architecture principles.

DevOps & Operational Support Knowledge:

• Experience with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, alerting, release management, and supportability patterns for MuleSoft integrations.