MuleSoft Architect

Mule Soft Architect – Anywhere, Contract‑to‑Hire, Architecture, Government, Remote

Our client seeks a Mule Soft Architect to lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise integrations centered on Deltek Costpoint. The role will define API‑led connectivity, govern standards, and implement secure, scalable integrations across finance and operations domains. The architect will guide teams on Costpoint Web Services over REST and SOAP, drive best practices on CI/CD, testing, observability, and ensure reliable production operations.

The position requires Gov Con ERP domain familiarity and hands‑on Mule Soft expertise.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

• Own the solution architecture for Costpoint‑related integrations using Mule Soft Anypoint Platform across System, Process, and Experience layers.
• Define integration patterns including synchronous and asynchronous orchestration, event‑driven and batch processing, with error handling, resiliency, replay, idempotency, and performance approaches.
• Establish API standards for naming and versioning, documentation expectations, and a reusable assets strategy via Exchange.
• Design and implement integrations leveraging Costpoint Web Services over REST and SOAP, including secure exposure and consumption of integration modules.
• Guide teams on protocol selection and alignment to enterprise access and security constraints per Costpoint integration guidance.
• Translate business processes into integration requirements, mappings, and validation rules with Finance, Contracts, Projects, and HR stakeholders.
• Lead development of Mule applications, APIs, and services using Mule 4, Data Weave, APIkit, and standard connectors such as HTTP, DB, JMS/MQ, and SFTP/FTPS.
• Build and enforce CI/CD standards with Maven and Git, implement automated testing using MUnit, and govern releases.
• Implement secure integration practices including TLS and certificate management, OAuth2/JWT, secrets management, and least‑privilege access.
• Set up observability with logging standards, correlation IDs, dashboards, alerting, and operational runbooks