At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a Scrum team to drive MuleSoft Hybrid Integration Platform delivery and automation excellence.
- Company: Join Boots, a supportive and inclusive employer focused on empowering their people.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive retirement savings, generous discounts, and flexible benefits.
- Other info: Opportunities for career development and skill enhancement in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on customer experience while developing your technical leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in integration platforms and strong knowledge of MuleSoft and Kubernetes.
Role
Technical Lead - MuleSoft Hybrid Platform
Contract: Permanent
Location: Nottingham, Beeston
What You’ll Be Doing
At Boots, we work every day to build a brilliant environment for our people, empowering them to make a difference for our customers and colleagues. As part of our Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the roadmap and delivery of our MuleSoft Hybrid Integration Platform, focusing on Cloud Hub and Kubernetes runtime environments. In this role, you will combine strategic technical leadership with hands‑on responsibilities to ensure platform stability, scalability, and automation excellence. You will lead a Scrum team focused on the Centre for Enablement (C4E), promoting reusable assets and best practices while collaborating with architects, engineers and stakeholders to prioritise backlog items and deliver value.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement DevOps automation for CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration and infrastructure‑as‑code.
- Lead technical design and architecture discussions for MuleSoft deployments on Kubernetes and Cloud Hub.
- Define and enforce platform standards, including security, scalability and observability.
- Provide technical guidance on MuleSoft runtime configurations, Kubernetes deployments and API‑led connectivity.
- Ensure high availability and resilience of integration platforms through Kubernetes scaling strategies.
- Drive monitoring and observability implementation for hybrid platforms using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and the ELK stack.
- Maintain technical intellectual property and documentation for platform and automation tooling.
- Research and introduce new automation tools and capabilities to improve operational efficiency.
What You’ll Need To Have
- Proven experience as a Technical Lead in integration or API management platforms.
- Strong knowledge of MuleSoft AnyPoint Platform, CloudHub, and container orchestration and Kubernetes runtime.
- Expertise in DevOps automation, including CI/CD pipelines, GitOps and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Helm).
- Familiarity with API‑led connectivity, microservices architecture, cloud‑native principles and Agile/Scrum environments.
It Would Be Great If You Also Have
- Knowledge of Kafka, Talend ETL, WebMethod ESB, C4E frameworks or similar.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins or similar automation tools.
- Exposure to security best practices for hybrid integration platforms.
Where Your Brilliance Can Take You
Within our IT team, you will have opportunities for career development and skill enhancement while working on impactful projects that enhance customer experience.
Rewards Designed For You
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 12% company contribution)
- Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Flexible benefits scheme including options for additional holiday and discounted gym membership.
A Bit About Us
At Boots, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive.
