Looking for Mule softlead Architect for 100% remote position, to work with USA client**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:- Plan and deliver integration architectures that are aligned with IT strategies and principles.- Assist in architecting technical solutions for enterprise systems using the MuleSoft product suite to drive the value equation and adapt to a rapidly changing business environment- Create and maintain integration domain diagrams, architecture frameworks, design patterns, and design standards that support technology strategy.- Lead and drive efforts to develop a reference architecture for integrations, including proactively guiding associated technology life cycles and roadmaps.- Work closely with other enterprise architects, enterprise security, engineers, networking and infrastructure teams to develop integration architecture suitable for implementing common services, business rules, data transformation, and data movement across systems.- Maintain relationship with Integration Engineering Manager, product management, business systems analysts, and principal developers in order to collectively implement new and difficult challenges and to gain support from stakeholders for the technology direction.- Provide analysis and tradeoffs between strategic and tactical initiatives and champion API lead connectivity, microservices implementation, data loads and potential reuse opportunities within integration domain.- Support and guide integration architecture governance team and practices in accordance with business and IT strategies. Ensure that the integration domain's architecture contributes to the company strategy and financial well-being and provides cost-effective solutions.- Perform necessary planning to ensure environments and solutions are scalable for anticipated growth and availability. Help set standards and performance metrics for the architectural domain and report on them regularly.- Ensure design documentation standards, coding standards, and performance SLAs are met through better design and constant review of integration artifacts.- Develop and execute communication and education plans for architecture within and across the integration and engineering domains.- Provide technical expertise and guidance to the integration architecture and its crucial role in the broader enterprise architecture.- Assist on technical POC's to prove out technology and ultimately leading into selection.- Mentor and work with domain-related architects, developers, and testers throughout full SDLC.- Stays current on the latest industry technologies, trends, best practices and strategies.- Assists customers by answering questions related to Integration Architect processes, procedures and services.- Completes work in a timely and accurate manner while providing exceptional customer service.- Other duties as assigned.**Qualifications**:This position requires a minimum of eight years in integration architecture using MuleSoft or similar ESB products such as TIBCO, and Dell Boomi. Strong experience in Cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure implementation experience is a plus. Retail or Automotive Service industry experience is a plus. Experience in integrating with industry leading SaaS offerings such as Salesforce, Workday, and OKTA is desirable.A solid understanding of integration styles, patterns and architecture is required. Expert level knowledge on ESB product such as Software AG WebMethods with strong understanding of MuleSoft. Solid understanding of ETL products, especially Informatica. Experience in data migration to Cloud. Solid understanding of SOA and Microservices architecture with specific implementation knowledge using REST APIs. Solid understanding of XML, JSON and other relational and columnar databases. Implementation experience in Industry best practices and emerging trends in integration domain and knowledge of current and emerging trends IpaaS.Skills required for this position include:- high level of creativity combined with structured strategic thinking for identifying and analyzing complex business issues; ability to transform ideas into action in demanding environments; ability to review and analyze industry/technology trends for applicability to current and future architecture.- Demonstrated experience as a thought leader with the ability to develop, articulate, present, and promote a vision using business processes as an advantage to get results.- An ability to motivate resources from different organizations or support areas to achieve targets and can operate effectively within a matrix organization.- Understands the roles of key stakeholders and has basic project management skills.- Has strong team leadership skills. Is able to perform statistical/data analysis.- This position requires excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills for both technical and non technical custom- Demonstrated ability to communicate across al
