Mulesoft DevOps Engineer

Title : Mulesoft DevOps Engineer

Location : Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Duration : Long term contract

Hiring manager notes :

I am looking for a Mulesoft DevOps Engineer who specializes on Mulesoft platform configuration and automating those configurations via pipeline.

My ideal candidate will have :

• Experience in writing CICD pipelines using Jenkins and with automation of configuration management using Jenkins with Ansible and Jenkins with Mulesoft plug-ins
• They should have hands on experience to automate mulesoft's : proxy configuration settings via Jenkins Groovy scripts.
• Deploy OAS specifications to refresh APIs in Mulesoft platform via Jenkins using Mulesoft plug-ins
• Ability to configure security tokens in API proxy manager on Mulesoft
• Ability to troubleshoot mulesoft platform and configuration issues
• Ability to troubleshoot CORS issues
• Ability to inspect Virtual Host settings on linux servers and troubleshoot cross-platform issues

The Candidate will perform highly advanced design and development work as part of the Administrative Applications services project team(s) with direction and guidance from Technical Leads and Applications Services Management.

The primary responsibility of this position is to work with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to create, configure, setup and maintain backend environment for microservices.

The Mulesoft DevOps Engineer is responsible for working with the mulesoft system administration personnel to create automation to configure and setup Mulesoft environment for the applications being developed.

Work with the CICD team to automate mulesoft proxy creation, refresh APIs in API manager, setup security configuration, work with the developers to troubleshoot mulesoft platform issues, microservices deployment / configuration issues.

The Candidate must have strong hands-on technical experience with the Mulesoft development platform and a proven success of designing and implementing DevOps process for automating mulesoft configuration in on-prem and cloud environment.

The primary goal of the worker will be to drive, assist and implement a new web application in multiple phases. Work involves configuring and setting backend MuleSoft API Gateways, proxy and APIs while integrating with .

NET core based microservices with docker containerization, creating and troubleshooting backend pipelines, integrating micro-frontend REACT based applications.

The Candidate must be able to drive, assist and implement web application developments and updates in a windows and Linux environments

• Responsible for the design and development of MuleSoft-based applications.
• Design, configure, and maintain MuleSoft APIs and integration settings
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Implement best practices for automating API deployment and testing.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues with MuleSoft APIs and integrations
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to API development and integration.
• Document APIs and integrations for internal and external stakeholders
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Participate in CICD and troubleshoot issues with APIs and configurations.
• Use Anypoint Studio to build, test, and debug basic integrations and API implementations.
• Responsible for all CI / CD related to MuleSoft applications (builds, creating pipelines using Jenkins / AWS DevOps, deployment using Anypoint runtime manager, etc.)
• Flows with exception handling (synch and asynch)
• RAML / OAS design, schema validation

Candidate Skills and Qualifications

Must be able to :

• Must be experienced in interface development and integration design patterns.
• work with Business Customers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in a professional and collaborative manner to define strategies and implementation approaches.
• interact with development team, POs and CSMs in a courteous and professional manner.
• Become the subject matter expert for a particular MuleSoft service, working in tight cooperation with the relevant software
• Provide operational support for software deployments and production incident response.
• Develop infrastructure automation tools to eliminate manual effort, and to detect and resolve potential problems before they degrade.
• Write supporting documentation fully detailing APIs using MuleSoft Exchange.
• Follow defined processes and procedures for Application Services.
• Work independently in a team environment with local and remote teams.
• MuleSoft Developer Certification(s) preferred.
• Experience with integration with Salesforce applications preferred.
• Experience practicing Agile development methodologies.

Must possess :

• A strong background in Linux systems, including shell scripting and performance tuning.
• Excellent understanding of Internet technologies and protocols (TCP / IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, etc.)
• Knowledge about the deployment and maintenance of web applications of java / Microsoft technologies.
• Experience using / scripting with a configuration management tool like Ansible or Chef
• Experience with API testing using postman or Bruno or similar tool.
• Experience in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform, MuleSoft CloudHub, Java, DataWeave, RESTful APIs (microservices architectures), XML (Extensible Markup Language) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• Experience working on development tools (Maven, GIT)
• Extensive hands-on experience of DevOps practices in MuleSoft development, Testing and debugging skill for APIs.
• Experience with doing comprehensive API documentation.
• strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• knowledge of software development methodologies Agile and Scrum
• problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task with readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary.
• ability to properly assess, size and review development tasks in a team setting

Requirements : Required

Years Skills / Experience Experience implementing DevOps practices implementation for the APIs deployed on the Mulesoft platform.

7 Experience configurating and managing Mulesoft environments. 7 Experience working in a Linux based system, including shell scripting and writing / implementing Ansible scripts for configuration automation.

5 Experience with the DevOps tools like Jenkins, Maven, GIT Experience with developing integrated APIs in the MuleSoft Enterprise platform 5 Experience with configurating security, API gateways, Proxies on Mulesoft platform 5 Experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Studio Experience with automating Mulesoft Proxies and configurations Experience with highly complex application security requirements Experience with stateless web application design 5 Experience with JSON Web Tokens Experience with code reviews and in-depth code analysis

Preferred Required

Years Skills / Experience 5 Experience working with enterprise software solutions 4 Experience with C# 3 Experience with knowledge transfer to junior level web developers 2

2 Public sector experience (Federal, State or Local Government)

Experience with Confluence

Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint