IT Consultant

IT Consultant Remote/Hybrid (If Hybrid, Onsite Wednesdays)

Diversified Systems is searching for an IT Consultant to design, develop, deploy, and support MuleSoft integration solutions using Mule ESB and Anypoint Platform. This role will focus on delivering scalable, reusable, and maintainable integration services and APIs, supporting enterprise modernization efforts, and ensuring integrations comply with business, technical, operational, and security requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, and support MuleSoft integration solutions using Mule ESB and Anypoint Platform.
• Design and implement API-led connectivity solutions aligned with enterprise integration standards.
• Develop APIs and integrations using REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, JMS, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Build scalable, reusable, and maintainable integration services and APIs.
• Implement MuleSoft best practices and deliver solutions that meet defined business and technical requirements.
• Develop data transformations, validations, mappings, and business logic for enterprise integrations.
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Support modernization and migration of legacy integrations to MuleSoft-based solutions.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with architects, business analysts, infrastructure teams, database administrators, and application teams to design enterprise integration solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to enterprise integration strategy and roadmap planning.
• Define and support API versioning, governance, lifecycle management, and integration standards.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards, security requirements, and architectural best practices.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to junior developers and integration team members.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical integration solutions.

Cloud, DevOps & Platform Support

• Configure, deploy, and support MuleSoft applications in CloudHub and hybrid environments.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines for MuleSoft deployments using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Maven, or similar technologies.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and operational support processes where appropriate.
• Configure and maintain MuleSoft development, testing, and deployment environments.
• Support integration platform upgrades, patching, and operational maintenance activities.

Security, Monitoring & Production Support

• Implement secure integration practices including OAuth 2.0, JWT, TLS/SSL, encryption, and API security policies.
• Ensure integrations comply with enterprise security, governance, and operational standards.
• Implement exception handling, logging, auditing, and monitoring frameworks for enterprise integrations.
• Monitor integration performance and proactively identify reliability, scalability, and operational concerns.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of production integration issues.
• Participate in critical incident response and production support activities as needed.
• Optimize MuleSoft applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Testing, Documentation & Data Analysis

• Develop and execute unit tests using MUnit and other testing frameworks covering both positive and negative scenarios.
• Perform data analysis, data profiling, and source-to-target mapping activities.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, API specifications, operational runbooks, and support procedures.
• Manage assigned projects, priorities, timelines, and deliverables effectively.

Requirements:

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field required.
• MuleSoft Certified Developer certification required.
• MuleSoft Architect-level certifications strongly preferred highly desired.
• Salesforce certifications are highly desirable highly desired.

MuleSoft & Integration Experience

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and enterprise integration development required.
• Strong experience designing and developing REST and SOAP APIs and enterprise integration solutions required.
• Experience implementing API-led connectivity and reusable integration frameworks required.
• Strong experience building APIs and integrating with third-party enterprise applications and platforms required.
• Experience integrating MuleSoft with Salesforce and other cloud-based systems is required required.
• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy integrations to MuleSoft is preferred highly desired.
• Strong understanding of ESB architecture, Mule connectors, API Manager, Exchange, and RAML design required.
• Experience working with event-driven architecture and messaging technologies such as JMS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ is preferred highly desired.

Programming & Technical Skills

• Strong programming experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, XML, JSON, and related integration technologies required.
• Experience with Python or other modern programming languages is a plus highly desired.
• Strong SQL and data transformation skills required.
• Experience integrating with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or other enterprise databases required.
• Experience designing scalable, high-availability, and fault-tolerant integration solutions required.

Cloud, DevOps & Tools

• Experience deploying and supporting integrations in CloudHub and hybrid cloud environments required.
• Experience with Azure cloud platforms preferred highly desired.
• Experience with Git-based source control and branching strategies required.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Maven, or similar technologies required.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, ELK, AppDynamics, or similar platforms required.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or container-based deployment models is a plus highly desired.

Security & Governance

• Strong understanding of enterprise integration security patterns and API security best practices required.
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, JWT, TLS/SSL certificates, encryption, and secure API authentication mechanisms required.
• Familiarity with enterprise governance frameworks and IT service management practices such as ITIL is preferred highly desired.

Professional & Leadership Skills

• Experience working in Agile development environments and using Agile methodologies required.
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications and production environments required.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and manage priorities independently required.
• Experience working in large enterprises or government environments is preferred highly desired.

About Diversified Systems Founded in 1990, Diversified Systems is an award-winning Technology Services corporation providing all levels of IT project consulting services nationwide. DSI is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with regional offices in the American Midwest and East Coast. We offer our consultants a number of flexible and competitive compensation benefit packages.

Diversified Systems is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DSI values authenticity and is committed to making sure our employees and partners are valued and respected. At DSI, we believe building a diverse culture is important because we know when people work together, we can achieve better results as a team. DSI realizes that everyone comes from various backgrounds. We celebrate these differences because our employees are our greatest asset as we strive to best meet the needs of those we serve. As part of our ongoing efforts, DSI is focused on advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion by setting high standards to continually evolve our culture. This includes but is not limited to recruiting, community involvement, client delivery, and career development.