Mulesoft API Solution Architect

We are looking for a Mulesoft API Solution Architect! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Mulesoft API Solution Architect
Term: Fulltime – 37.5 hours/Week
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1152

Brief description of duties:

As an API solution architect, you must be able to design solutions based on API-First approach and in a way that makes their purpose clear to potential users, creates value for the business, and contributes to consistency across the API portfolio. The solutions you design must be secure, scalable, and maintainable in alignment with portfolio objectives. You must combine advanced technical skills with business knowledge while maintaining a focus on communication and collaboration. You will collaborate with the development and cross-functional teams across the organization.

• Design API solutions in alignment best practices, guidelines, and standards
• Understand and translate business goals into API(s)
• Analyzes, influences, and translates business requirements into API architecture
• Enable product teams across the organization by promoting a culture of API first approach
• Educate product teams about API Office platforms, processes, and procedures
• Contribute to the API Office roadmap by communicating portfolio roadmaps, priorities, and feedback
• Inspire and excite people internally around  API Strategy
• Ensure solutions are reviewed and aligned with portfolio’s architect as well as API Office Architects

MUST haves:

• Experience architecting, leading, and supporting integration of scalable applications and/or API solutions
• Java development background
• Experience with HTTP based system integrations
• Development experience in web services architecture
• Strong problem solving, debugging and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability and experience in the entire service development life cycle: design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring
• Enjoys designing APIs using Open API Specification
• History of working with an API Management platform
• Background implementing CI/CD automation and using software development tools such GitHub
• Foundational knowledge of API security standards, including but not limited to oAuth2.0/OpenIDConnect
• Strong analytical, quantitative, problem solving and organizational skills
• Comfortable working with Java Spring Boot
• Experience setting up C4E practice, implementing API governance, and evangelizing on API best practices
• MuleSoft Certified Architect