IT Principal Architect - MuleSoft

Maximus; United States; Remote; USD 199,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus seeks an IT Principal Architect - MuleSoft to lead integration initiatives within the VES/OMS project. This remote role involves guiding design and implementation of MuleSoft APIs, defining best practices, and collaborating with various teams to enhance performance and reliability. Ideal candidates possess extensive middleware architecture experience, particularly with MuleSoft technology, to ensure effective integration solutions.

Benefits

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of middleware or ESB architecture experience with MuleSoft 4.x.
• Deep knowledge of RAML/OpenAPI specifications.
• Hands-on with AWS networking and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end integration architecture.
• Define best practices for security and performance.
• Mentor developers and QA engineers.

Skills

MuleSoft API Design

Integration Architecture

Performance Tuning

Cloud Computing

API Management

DataWeave

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

AWS VPC

CI/CD pipeline tools

Job description

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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)

Requirements

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)

This is a remote position.

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.
  
  

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Integration Design & Architecture

• Define the MuleSoft API and integration layer architecture for VEMS, OMS, and Salesforce.
• Create and maintain RAML/OpenAPI specs, API policies, and governance guidelines.
  
  

Development Leadership

• Lead a pair of MuleSoft developers in implementing flows, error-handling, and transformations.
• Review code, enforce CI/CD pipelines, and ensure quality through automated tests.
  
  

Security & Operations

• Architect mutual-TLS, certificate management (PFX/JKS), and private load-balancer routing (port 8092) in AWS.
• Configure alerts, logging, and dashboards to monitor API health and performance.
  
  

Collaboration & Mentoring

• Partner with Salesforce Dev Leads, Java Architects, and DevOps to align on release schedules and environment strategy (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod).
• Coach developers on Mule best practices, data modeling, and error-recovery patterns.
  
  

Documentation & Standards

• Maintain integration runbooks, interface catalogs, and troubleshooting guides.
• Enforce coding standards, naming conventions, and deployment processes.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• 10-12 years of relevant professional experience required.
• E quivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree.
  
  

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

• 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
  
  

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills, able to translate business requirements into robust integration designsFamiliarity with Salesforce callouts, named credentials, and Apex integration patterns
• Experience with Java microservices, Spring Boot, or other API frameworks
• Background in healthcare or government projects, especially VA workflows
  
  

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EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Minimum Salary

$

199,920.00

Maximum Salary

$

282,240.00

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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