Senior MuleSoft Architect – API-led Enterprise Integrations

Cognizant; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a MuleSoft Architect to design and lead enterprise integration solutions using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform. You will define API-led architectures, ensure secure and scalable integrations, and provide technical leadership to delivery teams.

The role requires deep MuleSoft expertise, cloud technology proficiency, and strong collaboration with business and technical stakeholders. Hybrid work with 2 days per week in an office in San Francisco, CA is possible, with focus on

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise architecture and integration experience for mission-critical workloads.
• Hands-on proficiency with AWS Kiro and API lifecycle tooling.
• Deep MuleSoft Anypoint Platform expertise including governance, design, and deployment.
• Advanced integration skills across API-led connectivity and DataWeave transformations.

Responsibilities

• Design resilient cloud and enterprise integration architectures using MuleSoft and AWS Kiro.
• Define and govern the end-to-end MuleSoft API lifecycle from design to retirement.
• Create integration blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable assets.
• Establish standards for API security, versioning, observability, and SLAs.
• Collaborate with product owners and delivery teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Review implementations and optimize MuleSoft flows for performance and resilience.
• Lead architectural reviews and mentor globally distributed teams in a hybrid model.

Skills

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

API-led architectures

Cloud technologies (AWS)

Enterprise integration

Technical leadership

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

AWS Kiro

API management tools

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a MuleSoft Architect to design and lead enterprise integration solutions using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform. You will define API-led architectures, ensure secure and scalable integrations, and provide technical leadership to delivery teams.

The role requires deep MuleSoft expertise, cloud technology proficiency, and strong collaboration with business and technical stakeholders. Hybrid work with 2 days per week in an office in San Francisco, CA is possible, with focus on