MuleSoft & Azure API Architect

Krasan Consulting Services; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Collaboration with experts

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Platform Architect to lead enterprise-scale API initiatives and ensure optimal integration with MuleSoft and Azure API Management. Candidates must have over 15 years of experience including significant roles in API architecture. This remote contract position offers an opportunity to influence API governance and strategy within an organization focused on software development.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years in software engineering or integration, with 5-7 years in an architect role.
• Proven experience as an API Architect (3+ years) designing enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead API architecture and design for enterprise integrations.
• Define API lifecycle management including design and governance.
• Mentor developers and provide architectural oversight.

Skills

MuleSoft

API governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Azure DevOps

Education

Masters in Business Administration

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Azure API Management

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Overview

Sr Recruitment Specialist with 15+ years of experience (Masters in BA)

Location: Remote

W2 Requirement

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Platform Architect with deep expertise in MuleSoft and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure API Management (APIM) to lead enterprise-scale API and integration initiatives. This role will provide strategic leadership, architectural oversight, and hands-on guidance across the full API lifecycle, ensuring scalability, performance, and governance for mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of technical depth, enterprise integration experience, and leadership skills, with the ability to define and execute an API strategy that aligns with enterprise architecture principles.

Key Responsibilities

• API Architecture & Strategy
  • Lead API architecture, design, and coding for enterprise integrations across critical platforms.
  • Define and execute the end-to-end API lifecycle including design, development best practices, versioning, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to establish and evolve API governance frameworks, security models, and performance optimization strategies.
  • Partner with stakeholders to shape the API strategy across MuleSoft and APIM, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Platform Optimization & Governance
  • Perform a comprehensive review and optimization of ~25+ existing enterprise APIs on MuleSoft, driving improvements in design, performance, security, and compliance.
  • Lead a MuleSoft platform assessment to enhance scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
  • Provide leadership in the MuleSoft Cloud Hub 1.0 to 2.0 migration, ensuring adoption of new features and best practices.
  • Support hybrid coexistence and migration planning between MuleSoft and Microsoft APIM.
  • Establish enterprise-wide standards and best practices for API security, monitoring, logging, and lifecycle governance.
  • Mentor and guide developers, providing architectural oversight for API implementations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in multi-vendor and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and adoption of integration strategies.
  • Eventually take the enterprise ownership of both MuleSoft and APIM platforms as part of broader API governance.

Key Skills & Experience

• MuleSoft (Must-Have)
  • 12–15+ years in software engineering, integration, or enterprise systems, with 5–7 years in an architect role.
  • Strong expertise in Mule 4, Anypoint Platform, CloudHub (1.0 & 2.0), API Manager, Runtime Manager, Exchange, RAML, DataWeave, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proven experience as an API Architect (3+ years) designing and governing large-scale enterprise integrations.
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Prior experience in government or regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Microsoft APIM (Preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with API gateways, policies, subscriptions, developer portal, monitoring, and security.
  • Strong understanding of the Azure ecosystem including Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, Service Bus, Key Vault, and Application Insights.
• General Skills
  • Deep expertise in API governance, security, and performance optimization.
  • Strong knowledge of OAuth 2.0, JWT, OpenID Connect, SAML, and related API security practices.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
  • Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
  • Ability to operate in multi-vendor, hybrid cloud environments.
• Certifications (Preferred but not mandatory)
  • MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect
  • MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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