MuleSoft Engineer (Remote)

• Tier One Technologies is seeking a MuleSoft Engineer to support a New York State Government client.
• The work will focus on leveraging the MuleSoft ecosystem to build out the automated integration architecture and data pipelines connecting these critical SaaS platforms.
• This is a 100% remote contract position.
• Selected candidates will be required to successfully complete a New York State Government background investigation.

• API Design & Development: Lead the design, development, and implementation of APIs using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. Develop reusable MuleSoft components, connectors, RAML specifications, and rigorous technical documentation.
• Architecture & Lifecycle Management: Architect and maintain integration flows connecting multiple SaaS platforms. Manage the end-to-end API lifecycle, including design, versioning, mapping, testing, and deployment.
• Requirements & Process Analysis: Analyze business and technical requirements to translate them into technical integration specifications and future-state workflows.
• Security & Policy Configuration: Configure API security policies, gateways, SLAs, and continuous monitoring through MuleSoft administrative tools to ensure secure data transmission.
• Testing & Optimization: Participate in integration testing, error handling design, and root-cause defect analysis. Support comprehensive troubleshooting and performance optimization for API integrations.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer: Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to validate integration specifications. Provide detailed knowledge transfer and integration best practices to internal County team members.
• Project Management & Risk Tracking: Participate in weekly status meetings with the Department's single point of contact. Track integration defects and technical environment risks, categorizing issues by severity (Critical, High, Medium, Low) in a weekly progress log.

• A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of IT development experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with technical and non-technical team members.
• Must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
• Be able to pass a drug screening, criminal history, and credit checks.

Required Technical Qualifications:

• MuleSoft Expertise: Extensive, hands-on expertise with the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including Anypoint Studio, API Manager, Anypoint Exchange, Runtime Manager, and expert-level proficiency in DataWeave.
• API Development: Proven experience developing, deploying, and supporting REST APIs and specialized Mule applications.
• Architectural Understanding: Strong mastery of API-led connectivity, microservices architecture, and enterprise integration patterns (EIP).
• SaaS Ecosystem Integration: Documented experience integrating two or more SaaS systems within an enterprise environment.
• Technical Standards: Advanced proficiency with JSON, XML, RAML, OAuth2, TLS, and modern API security standards.
• Analytical Skills: Proven ability to analyze complex business processes and translate them into technical integration requirements. Strong debugging, performance tuning, and environment configuration skills.

Preferred Qualifications & Certifications:

• Target System Familiarity: Direct experience designing or building API integrations with one or more of the following platforms is highly desirable:
  • CGI Advantage 4.0 (Financial/ERP systems)
  • Workday (HR/Finance)
  • PaymentWorks (Vendor onboarding and payment compliance)
  • Tyler Munis (ERP)
  • Euna Grants (Grant management)
• Domain Experience: Experience designing integrations or middleware solutions for government or public sector environments. Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) or DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• MuleSoft Professional Certifications:
  • MuleSoft Certified Developer (MCD – Level 1 or 2)
  • MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect