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Job Summary

Principal Integration Architect: the Integration architect is responsible for microservices, API framework, API Specifications and repositories, micro front-end and event-driven architecture. This role is very essential to digital transformation and applications modernization at First American. The architect will be part of Enterprise Architecture team and will consolidate the existing APIs, improve MuleSoft scalability & security, create reusable APIs, and to establish an automated API governance and advanced API enterprise catalog capabilities.

*Candidates should be local to Santa Ana, CA and have the ability to work hybrid as that will be required in this role.

Responsibilities of the role of the Integration Architect:                                    

• Reduce development costs by eliminating redundant development and maintenance of API’s
• Reduce delivery time for development projects by providing a consistent and complete core set of API’s for our core capabilities 
• Reduce maintenance costs by cataloging and consolidating existing API’s and eliminating redundant API’s
• Reduce time to initiate development projects by providing governance of API publishing and tools where product managers and tech leads can search for existing API’s and applications 
• Reduce time to create requirements by providing automated ways to measure impact of changes and/or retirement of API’s and applications on business processes and users

Requirements:

• Provide technical expertise by enforcing the vision of the application architecture and safeguarding the integrity of the application environment
• Implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs and systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization
• Function as a subject matter expert and advocate for the software applications supported
• Oversee technical deliverables for maintenance projects through the software development lifecycle, including validating the completeness of estimates, quality and accuracy of technical designs, build, performance analysis and implementation
• Proactively address technical issues and risks that could impact Project timelines and/or financials
• Review and provide input into Architectural designs, requirements and test cases
• Mentor and train project team members and peers, both internal and vendor partners to enforce development guidelines and best practices lead change by influencing and educating Business, IT and sourcing partners.
• Design and development of Enterprise integration capabilities between Packaged Vendor products and other enterprise systems
• Demonstrate integration experience using MuleSoft/Apigee or another API gateway platform

Typical Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Typical Range of Experience

• Typically have 10+ years of directly related experience
• Experience working with distributed team is preferred

Pay Range: $106,200-$247,800

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting.  Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

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First American invests in its employees’ development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer.Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.