Federal Mulesoft Solution Architect

Federal Mulesoft Solution Architect

United States

Delivery - Federal

Remote

Full-time

MuleSoft Solution Architect - Federal Delivery

Location: Remote (US-based). While this is a primarily remote role, possible in-person expectations include occasional visits with customers and to Thunder offices in Northern Virginia/DC.

Employment Type: This is a contingent role based upon a successful bid award.

Summary:

We are seeking a MuleSoft Solution Architect to join our Federal team. This role combines solution architecture, integration leadership, and delivery ownership. This individual will act as the project leader, responsible for aligning business outcomes, defining architecture, and ensuring successful delivery of a production-ready use case within an agreed-upon timeframe.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in API-led connectivity, enterprise integration architecture, and platform design, along with the ability to drive delivery outcomes in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Solution Leadership

• Define end-to-end architecture for agent-enabled workflows, integrating MuleSoft, Application, Data, and AI platforms

• Design API-led architectures (System, Process, Experience APIs) aligned to business use cases

• Establish patterns for MCP-based API exposure for AI agents

• Define patterns for agent-to-agent (A2A) interaction and coordination, enabling agents to collaborate and invoke enterprise capabilities through MuleSoft APIs

• Define integration strategy across ERP, SaaS, and legacy systems

• Project Delivery

• Lead execution of a production-first use case, ensuring delivery within defined timeline

• Align stakeholders on business outcomes, success criteria, and scope boundaries

• Drive architecture, backlog prioritization, and delivery execution

• Ensure delivery of:

• Production-ready workflows

• Real system integrations

• Measurable business outcomes

• Data & AI Integration

• Collaborate on establishing data contexts (MDM, governance, contextual data)

• Integrate Data, Data Cloud and/or Informatica into solution architecture

• Define how AI agents interact with enterprise systems via APIs

• Ensure proper use of LLM gateway patterns and token monitoring considerations

• Delivery Leadership & Governance

• Act as primary point of accountability for delivery success (architecture + execution)

• Provide lightweight project management oversight (timeline, risks, dependencies)

• Lead workshops, demos, and stakeholder alignment sessions

• Establish governance, DevOps readiness, and expansion roadmap

• Client & Partner Engagement

• Partner with Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Data Foundation stakeholders

• Support pre-sales and solutioning on new opportunities

• Translate technical architecture into clear business value narratives

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in integration architecture and platform design
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
• Strong u