MuleSoft Architect - Hybrid Enterprise API Leader

Cognizant; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parity for Hybrid/Office work

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled MuleSoft Architect to design and lead enterprise integration solutions using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform. The role focuses on API-led architectures, secure integrations, and technical leadership for delivery teams, with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days per week in an office in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities include designing resilient cloud and enterprise integrations, governing API lifecycles, and mentoring teams while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise architecture and integration experience delivering secure, scalable solutions
• Hands-on proficiency with AWS Kiro, including design, implementation planning, and security controls
• Deep MuleSoft Anypoint Platform expertise covering API lifecycle, governance, and deployment
• Advanced integration skills across API-led connectivity, patterns, and data models
• Nonfunctional requirements: reliability, scalability, observability, security, and incident remediation
• Strong governance, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation in a hybrid, day-shift model

Responsibilities

• Design resilient cloud and enterprise integration architectures using MuleSoft and AWS Kiro
• Define and govern the end-to-end MuleSoft API lifecycle
• Create integration blueprints, reference architectures, reusable assets
• Establish architecture standards for API security, versioning and observability
• Collaborate with product owners and teams to translate requirements into designs
• Review implementations and optimize MuleSoft message flows and error handling
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops across globally distributed teams
• Maintain API catalogs, diagrams, and operational guidance; mentor teams

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Integration design

Technical leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Security and compliance

Performance/monitoring

Hybrid delivery model

Cloud architectures

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

AWS Kiro

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled MuleSoft Architect to design and lead enterprise integration solutions using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform. The role focuses on API-led architectures, secure integrations, and technical leadership for delivery teams, with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days per week in an office in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities include designing resilient cloud and enterprise integrations, governing API lifecycles, and mentoring teams while collaborating with