MuleSoft Technical Architect

Perficient is seeking a MuleSoft Architect to provide architectural leadership for enterprise integration and API-led connectivity initiatives across Salesforce, cloud platforms, and critical business applications. In this role, you will define, validate, and govern integration architecture standards, API strategies, security frameworks, and connectivity patterns while ensuring a scalable, secure, and high-performing integration ecosystem.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API-led architecture, integration governance, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, and enterprise integration best practices. This individual will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and delivery leadership to guide architecture decisions, drive innovation, and establish reusable integration standards that support digital transformation objectives. Candidates located near a Perficient office are preferred.

Perficient is the global AI-first consultancy. Our team of strategists, designers, technologists, and engineers partners with the world's most innovative enterprises and admired brands to deliver real business results through the transformative power of AI. As part of our AI-First strategy, we empower every employee to build AI fluency and actively engage with AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency. We break boundaries, obsess over outcomes, and shape the future for our clients. Join a company where bold ideas and brilliant minds converge to redefine what's possible while building a career filled with growth, balance, and purpose. 

• Own and drive the technology architecture for MuleSoft, and enterprise integration solutions.
• Define integration strategies, architecture roadmaps, and API-led connectivity frameworks across external enterprise systems.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and oversee implementation of reusable APIs, integrations, event-driven architectures, and data exchange patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews, proof-of-concept initiatives, and technical discovery engagements.
• Support Agile teams through solution design, estimation, backlog refinement, and continuous delivery practices.
• Architect secure integrations between Data Cloud, ERP, customer platforms, data warehouses, and cloud applications.
• Collaborate with global delivery teams and client stakeholders to manage technical dependencies, risks, and integration challenges.
• Establish integration standards, governance, observability, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
• Mentor developers, integration engineers, and solution architects on best practices and emerging technologies.
• Leverage AI-powered development, observability, and automation tools to accelerate delivery and improve solution quality.

• 8+ years of enterprise application architecture and integration experience, including 7+ years designing and delivering MuleSoft solutions.
• Deep expertise with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including Anypoint Platform, Flex Gateway, API Manager, Runtime Fabric, CloudHub 2.0, Exchange, Monitoring, and Governance.
• Extensive experience implementing API-led connectivity and modern integration architecture patterns.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, OpenAPI specifications, AsyncAPI, event-driven architecture, and microservices.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with ERP, CRM, data warehouse, customer data platforms, and cloud ecosystems such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Advanced experience with DataWeave, API design, orchestration, transformation, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience implementing event-driven solutions using technologies such as Salesforce Platform Events, MuleSoft MQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, or AWS EventBridge.
• Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, Zero Trust security principles, API security, and identity federation.
• Experience deploying and managing integrations across CloudHub 2.0, Runtime Fabric, containerized environments, and hybrid architectures.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Maven, and automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Anypoint Monitoring, Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, or New Relic.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce Data Cloud, data integration, data governance, and master data management concepts.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and client-facing consulting skills.
• MuleSoft and Salesforce certifications preferred, including MuleSoft Integration Architect, MuleSoft Platform Architect, Salesforce Application Architect, or Salesforce System Architect certifications.

At Perficient, you'll work alongside some of the brightest minds in digital consulting while helping clients solve complex business challenges. We offer opportunities to work with emerging technologies, grow your career through continuous learning, and make an impact within a collaborative global organization committed to innovation and excellence. 

The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $150,000 to $195,000. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential equity or variable bonus programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.

Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Disability Accommodations:

Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.

Disclaimer:  The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification.  Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time. 

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