MuleSoft Architect

Accenture; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced MuleSoft Architect for our North America MuleSoft practice in the United States. This client-facing role translates complex business and technical requirements into scalable MuleSoft integration solutions, guiding delivery teams and establishing standards across the project lifecycle.

You will lead solution design, define integration architectures, advise stakeholders, and mentor teams while leveraging API-led connectivity, security, and reusable patterns to

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years translating business requirements into architectures and leading design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead MuleSoft solution design and define integration architectures that align with business outcomes.
• Translate requirements into designs using API-led connectivity and API patterns.
• Recommend scalable MuleSoft patterns, reusable assets, and development standards.
• Advise stakeholders, business analysts, architects, and development teams throughout lifecycle.
• Guide implementation teams, review deliverables, and mentor less experienced MuleSoft professionals.
• Support solutioning, scoping, effort estimates, and deployments.
• Use AI tools for architecture documentation while ensuring quality and security.

Skills

MuleSoft

Architecture

API-led connectivity

Anypoint Platform

Stakeholder management

Solution design

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Anypoint Studio

Anypoint Platform

Job description

We Are

Accenture's North America MuleSoft practice, which is one of the largest and most experienced networks of MuleSoft professionals in the world. We help leading organizations modernize their businesses through APIs, integration, automation, and emerging AI technologies.

Our teams work on some of the most complex and innovative integration initiatives across industries, helping clients unlock value from their applications, data, and digital platforms. From traditional enterprise integration to AI-powered and agentic architectures, we design solutions that are scalable, secure, reusable, and governed for long-term success.

We believe that great integration is the foundation of great digital experiences. As data becomes increasingly important for analytics, automation, AI, and business operations, organizations need trusted ways to connect systems, applications, and people. Our MuleSoft professionals play a critical role in helping clients build those foundations.

If you're passionate about integration, APIs, AI, and solving complex business challenges, you'll have opportunities to work with leading clients, collaborate with experienced practitioners, develop in-demand skills, and help shape the future of enterprise connectivity. Join us and build a career at the intersection of integration, data, and AI.

You Are

An experienced, client-facing MuleSoft Architect who can turn complex business and technical requirements into scalable integration solutions. You bring strong architecture judgment, hands‑on MuleSoft knowledge, and the communication skills to advise stakeholders, guide delivery teams, and establish standards throughout the project lifecycle. You are energized by solving enterprise integration challenges and helping clients build secure, governed, and reusable API ecosystems.

The Work

• Lead MuleSoft solution design and define integration architectures that align with business outcomes, enterprise standards, security requirements, and operational needs.

• Translate business and technical requirements into implementation designs using API‑led connectivity and System, Process, and Experience API patterns.

• Recommend scalable MuleSoft patterns, reusable assets, environment strategies, development standards, and delivery best practices.

• Advise client stakeholders, business analysts, architects, and development teams throughout requirements, design, build, test, deployment, and support activities.

• Guide implementation teams, review architecture and technical deliverables, conduct design and code quality reviews, and mentor less experienced MuleSoft professionals.

• Support solutioning, project scoping, effort estimates, resource planning, environment configuration, deployments, monitoring, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer.

• Use AI and GenAI tools for architecture documentation, solution analysis, productivity, and well‑structured prompting while validating generated artifacts for quality, security, and maintainability.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need:

• Minimum of 7 years experience translating business requirements into architectures and implementation designs and leading design, code, and technical quality reviews.

• Minimum of 7 years experience of strong client‑facing advisory, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Minimum of 5 years experience with integration architecture including working with applications to establish connectivity (JDBC, SOAP, REST, HTTP/HTTPS, JMS, File‑Based), establishing development standards, identifying and creating reusable assets, leveraging strong delivery practices, creating environment strategies, leading deployments, monitoring solutions, and providing operational support.

• Minimum of 4 years of professional hands‑on MuleSoft experience as a developer or architect.

• MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect certification, or the ability to obtain it within 90 days of hire.

• Minimum of 3 years experience with MuleSoft architecture, solutioning, effort estimation, API and integration design, connectors, patterns, and build components.

• Minimum of 3 years experience of Anypoint Platform, including API Manager, Runtime Manager, Anypoint Analytics, Design Center, and Exchange.

• Minimum of 6 months experience with AI and GenAI tools for productivity, architecture documentation, solution analysis, and well‑structured prompting.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Bonus Points If:

• MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, MuleSoft Certified Developer Level 2 certification, or any other MuleSoft or integration industry certification.

• Experience using GenAI to accelerate MuleSoft code, tests, documentation, solution designs, and delivery artifacts, including review of AI‑generated outputs.

• Experience with Omni Gateway, Model Context Protocol, agentic integration, Anypoint MQ, CloudHub 2.0, Runtime Fabric, or MuleSoft CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience implementing API security patterns such as OAuth, JWT, TLS, mTLS, and policy‑based access control.

• Experience with HL7, FHIR, offshore delivery teams, or integration with SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Oracle Cloud Applications, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.

• Experience with non‑MuleSoft integration platforms such as Boomi, SnapLogic, Informatica, Workato, or similar technologies.

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