Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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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