MuleSoft Technical Architect (Finance)

MuleSoft Technical Architect Role:

As a MuleSoft Technical Architect, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, and QA team members, to deliver, maintain, and support cutting-edge MuleSoft functionality for CoreSite, a rapidly growing co-location company. You will lead the design, architecture, and technical oversight of MuleSoft solutions across multiple projects, ensuring scalability and alignment with CoreSite's growth strategies.

This role requires a balance of hands-on technical expertise and strategic leadership. As a trusted advisor, the MuleSoft Technical Architect ensures robust, scalable integration solutions and drives the successful delivery of projects, mentoring development teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across multiple projects, driving consistency and scalability in integration solutions.
• Architect, design, and deliver robust integration solutions using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of integration solutions, including resolving complex technical challenges.
• Oversee the API lifecycle, from design to deployment, ensuring alignment with API-led connectivity best practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements and create comprehensive integration designs.
• Define and enforce best practices, guidelines, and governance for integration architecture.
• Lead and mentor development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and coding standards.
• Conduct technical and functional workshops to translate business requirements into well-architected solutions.
• Drive innovation by staying updated on emerging technologies, MuleSoft updates, and integration trends.
• Document solutions to ensure maintainability and effective knowledge transfer.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to hands-on development.
• Promote and demonstrate behaviors consistent with CoreSite's culture and core values.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to thrive in a hybrid work environment that consists of at least two onsite days per week.
• Able to work during normal business hours as well as nights or weekends as needed to support deployments and maintenance windows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Leadership and mentorship experience to guide development teams.
• Solid experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and multi-team collaboration.
• Skilled at troubleshooting and resolving distributed systems issues.
• Strong understanding of platform security, authentication, and identity management.
• Familiarity with system architecture, data management, and ETL tools.
• Ability to lead workshops, document risks, and align solutions with business objectives.

Core Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform components: Anypoint Studio, API Manager, Runtime Manager, and Anypoint Exchange.
• Expertise in API lifecycle management, including RESTful API design and governance.
• Strong command of DataWeave for complex data transformations.
• Deep understanding of integration patterns (e.g., message routing, filtering, queuing).
• Strong knowledge of and experience with performance optimization, large dataset processing, and hybrid/multi-cloud integration models.
• Strong knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and event-driven design.
• Proficiency in Java, JSON, XML, and related technologies.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and their integration with MuleSoft.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field strongly preferred.
• At least 7+ years of experience with the MuleSoft platform, including architectural leadership.
• Multiple full-lifecycle MuleSoft implementations with hands-on development experience.
• MuleSoft Certified Developer - Integration and API Associate certifications required.
• MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect and MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect certifications preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the job's duties, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop or kneel, talk, and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Compensation:

Compensation for this role includes a base salary between $130,000 and $180,000 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus and equity, based upon individual and company performance.

Posting Timeline: This position is expected to be open for applications through March 17, 2025.Not only does CoreSite have a fun, team-focused work environment, but we also offer great benefits to all employees regularly scheduled to work more than 20 hours a week!

• First-day medical insurance through Cigna with generous premium cost coverage
• Dental insurance through Delta Dental
• Vision insurance through VSP
• Telemedicine through MDLive for Cigna
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) plans
• Health saving account (HSA) plans for employees participating in the High Deductible Health Plan
• Life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance fully paid by the company
• Voluntary coverage benefits for supplemental life, critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance
• First-day eligibility for 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity, which includes an attractive matching company contribution
• Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with a 15 percent discount
• 16 days of paid time off (PTO)
• 11 paid company holidays and additional floating holidays
• School visitation and elder care paid time off
• Parental leave, adoption and surrogacy benefits, and family planning/fertility support
• Wellness reimbursement program & wellness incentive program
• Free parking or a company contribution toward a public transit pass
• Education reimbursement and student loan debt assistance program
• Employee assistance program, childcare resources, personal finance management support, and student loan debt assistance program
• Pet insurance
• Charitable matching program

Please note that all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and, where permitted by law, a 5-panel drug test conducted after the offer letter is signed, which will screen for THC, opiates, PCP, cocaine, and amphetamines. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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