Sr. Integration Architect

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia•San Francisco, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Integration Architect will join the National Integration Services team, which enables a distributed and scalable API Management Platform for the Federal Reserve System. The role is part of the Infrastructure, Platforms & Operations portfolio, which supports strategic direction and product delivery for System IT infrastructure and operations and aligns technology with business strategies. The team partners with the business to provide secure and reliable IT products, services, and operations. The architect defines enterprise-wide technical strategy for API management, middleware, and backend integrations; designs end-to-end integration flows; and establishes standards for API design, security, privacy, versioning, and discovery. The role also architects secure integration patterns, monitors and optimizes API gateway and message-broker platforms, and works with Lines of Businesses to architect, implement, and support integration solutions. The position includes installing, configuring, and supporting MuleSoft and AWS API Gateway platforms, as well as building cross-organizational relationships and influencing staff across the IT organization and broader Federal Reserve System. The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the employing Reserve Bank and work full-time onsite. Eligible hiring locations are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or green card holders with intent to become U.S. citizens; immigration sponsorship is not available. Final offers are contingent on an enhanced background check, which may take 21–60 days.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
Eight or more years in software design and development, including at least four years focused on enterprise integration architecture, APIs, and middleware.
Hands-on experience with API gateways and management tools such as MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, or Kong.
Mastery of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.
Mastery of Enterprise Integration Patterns, including content-based routing, message filtering, splitters, and aggregators.
Exceptional ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear, actionable business capabilities for non-technical executives.
Experience deploying and scaling integrations using Docker and Kubernetes, including EKS, AKS, or OpenShift.
Expert knowledge of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and SOAP.
Must be a U.S. citizen or a green card holder with intent to become a U.S. citizen; immigration sponsorship is unavailable.
Must clear an enhanced background check, including academic and employment verifications, FBI fingerprint check, credit check, family history, residential records and foreign travel for the previous seven years, citizenship verification, reference checks, and an investigator interview.
Must reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as defined by the employing Reserve Bank, and work full-time onsite.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with IBM App Connect Enterprise.
Automation experience with Git-based workflows, Maven, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
Automation experience with Terraform.
Experience building and exposing tools to agents using AWS Lambda.
Experience architecting context-aware systems by integrating Bedrock Knowledge Bases with vector search engines such as Amazon OpenSearch Serverless.
Experience designing and configuring intelligent AI agents.

Responsibilities

Define enterprise-wide technical strategy for API management, middleware, and backend system integrations, and develop reusable solution patterns.
Design end-to-end integration flows using Enterprise Integration Patterns to support synchronous and asynchronous business processes.
Establish and enforce enterprise standards for API design, versioning, data privacy, security, and catalog discovery across business units.
Architect secure integration patterns using industry-standard identity protocols, encryption in transit, and perimeter firewalls.
Monitor, scale, and optimize high-throughput message brokers and API gateway topologies to ensure low latency and high availability.
Work with Lines of Businesses to architect, implement, and support integration solutions.
Help install, configure, and support MuleSoft and AWS API Gateway platforms.
Build cross-organizational relationships and influence staff across the IT organization and broader Federal Reserve System.