Senior MuleSoft Integration Architect & API Strategy Leader

Leadout Capital; Virginia; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Missionforce seeks an Integration Solution Architect to lead and mentor teams across MuleSoft integration projects, driving API-led connectivity, on-premise, cloud, and hybrid strategies. You will shape reference architectures, develop foundational assets, and guide senior stakeholders on best practices and platform adoption.

You will mentor junior architects and engineers, coordinate with Product Management and Engineering, and influence the roadmap with field feedback, ensuring secure,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience with leadership in complex integration initiatives.
• 2+ years hands-on MuleSoft experience or similar, API-led connectivity design.
• Expertise in HA, scalability, SDLC, and full API lifecycle management.
• Ability to evangelize integration methodologies to C-level executives.
• Experience defining API life-cycle management from design to governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern the design of multi-phased MuleSoft integration projects following API-led connectivity.
• Identify opportunities to improve customer IT operating models and support SLDC pipeline improvements.
• Define and scale enterprise integration best practices, reference architectures, and API patterns.
• Establish and enforce DevOps models, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and full API lifecycle management.

Skills

MuleSoft

API-led connectivity

Solution architecture

Stakeholder communication

DevOps/CI-CD

Security principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

AWS/Azure/GCP

Git/Jenkins

Job description

Missionforce seeks an Integration Solution Architect to lead and mentor teams across MuleSoft integration projects, driving API-led connectivity, on-premise, cloud, and hybrid strategies. You will shape reference architectures, develop foundational assets, and guide senior stakeholders on best practices and platform adoption.

You will mentor junior architects and engineers, coordinate with Product Management and Engineering, and influence the roadmap with field feedback, ensuring secure,