Senior Integration Architect

Steampunk•McLean, VA

2d•$150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As a Senior Integration Architect, you will work within Steampunk’s growing DevSecOps practice to develop APIs and integration capabilities that connect data, services, and systems for customers. The role calls for experience building APIs and microservices with cloud platform services, understanding business requirements, and implementing complex integrations. You will serve as a technical visionary while also contributing hands-on to delivery. You will collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translate functional and non-functional requirements into integration designs and implementations, and advise teams on operational concerns for solutions on Anypoint Platform. The position also includes creating reusable integration assets and documentation, assessing existing environments, recommending improvements, and mentoring junior team members.

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in an IT field, or a bachelor’s degree in a non-IT field and 2 years of related IT experience.
8 years of experience with one or more cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
8 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
8 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages.
8 years of experience with one or more integration technologies, such as MuleSoft.
Experience developing API Management solutions and microservices.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in an IT-related field.
AWS Solution Architect Professional certification.
Azure Developer Associate certification.
MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect - Level 1 certification.
MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect - Level 1 certification.
5 years of application development experience in an Agile environment.
Experience implementing Docker containers and using platforms such as Kubernetes.
Experience designing, implementing, and documenting APIs.
Experience using CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, or TravisCI.
Experience implementing automated testing frameworks to test APIs and integrations.
Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

Understand stakeholder needs and convey them to developers.
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results.
Ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and fixes.
Develop APIs, microservices, and integrations using a broad range of programming tasks.
Design reusable assets, components, standards, frameworks, and processes for API and integration projects.
Advise technical teams on performance, scalability, reliability, monitoring, and other operational concerns of integration solutions on Anypoint Platform.
Translate functional and non-functional requirements into integration interfaces and implementations with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Create technical documentation explaining upcoming or existing integrations to non-technical individuals.
Document the current state of the environment, perform gap analysis, and produce artifacts describing options and recommendations.
Contribute as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members.
Engineer and implement solutions and recommend continuous improvements to services.
Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to other team members.