Lead Systems Integration Engineer

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose: 

The Integration Lead Engineer is responsible for project/enhancement intake, design, implementation and operations for integration solutions primarily using the MuleSoft. A strong background in developing integrations utilizing various protocols in multiple data formats is required. Development expertise within the MuleSoft CloudHub and on-prem platform is essential.

The Integration Lead Engineer will function as the technical leader of the integration team, which includes other developers, testers, architects, and is overseen by a director. They will work closely with other technical and business team members, following organization-wide integration standards and principles. Strong communication skills, documentation capabilities, and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment are crucial for success in this role.

Operating within a dynamic, cross-functional environment, they’ll find significant opportunities for career growth within our rapidly expanding organization.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

Integration Project Intake

• Capture high level project requirements and transform them into project estimates.
• Identify API reuse and API investment opportunities.

Integration Design and Development

• Utilize strategic integration platforms (MuleSoft, MFT, etc.) to design, develop and maintain robust integration solutions.
• Design and reuse APIs for integration solutions.
• Design extensible API specifications in a bounded context utilizing RAML or OpenAPI.
• Lead data mapping exercises.
• Configuration and deployment of CI/CD pipelines.
• Create reusable design patterns in the project context.
• Develop automated reusable unit, performance and load tests suites.
• Apply proper application security protocols, such as OAuth, SSH, and encryption for data protection.
• Align the integration solution’s exception handling, alerting and monitoring align to the businesses requirements.
• Capture documentation across the SDLC process.
• Prepare Implementation/Deployment Plans for each application within the integration landscape.
• Code, conduct unit testing, and provide support for System Integration Testing (SIT) for each Integration Object.
• Technical development of junior team members.

Integration Operations

• Incident and problem management for the production integrations.
• Continuous improvement on deployed APIs/Interfaces (logging, alerting, visualizations, reconciliation reports, etc.).
• Improvement of on-prem Mulesoft platform (OS Upgrades, Mulesoft upgrades, etc.).
• Creating, maintaining and utilizing visualization dashboards for incident response and KPI tracking.

Center for Enablement

• Design, implementation and continuous improvement of integration frameworks (schedulers, alerting, visualization, etc.).
• Continuous improvement of CI/CD processes with GitLab.
• Governance of strategic system design patterns, project intake, data mappings, design documentation, operational runbooks, etc.
• Development of API and data security best practices.
• Refinement of the SDLC processes.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• At least 5+ years of experience in integration development, software development, engineering or data engineering.
• At least 3+ years of experience using the MuleSoft Integration platform, showcasing proficiency in designing and implementing integration solutions.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Proven track record of creating integrations using HTTP, HTTPS, JDBC, JMS, REST, and SOAP protocols.
• Understanding of various data formats, including json, xml, csv, and yaml and ability to create data mappings across the formats.
• Experience designing and developing SOAP and REST-based web service interfaces using XML, JSON.
• Knowledge and experience of APIs, Web Services, ESB, SOA; building workflow/processes leveraging common frameworks.
• Extensive knowledge of Mulesoft Cloudhub and on-prem deployment models emphasizing automation, reusability, and scalability.
• Experience with advanced components of API Management (API Governance, Security).
• CI/CD pipelines and source control management.
• Extensive design experience for real time, near real time, pub/sub, a/synch, messaging/event, batch and APIs integrations.
• Understanding of application security protocols, such as OAuth, SSH, and encryption.
• Experience documenting API/Integration specifications and technical designs.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working within cross-functional teams.
• Experience with SQL and relational database.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development.
• Experience with Test Driven Development (Unit Testing).

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

Required:

• MuleSoft Certified Developer

Preferred but not required:

• Mulesoft Certified Architect
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Training or certification in Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, as many integration projects follow Agile practices.

Physical Requirements:

• Office Environment
• This position will be located in Milwaukee, WI.