🛍️ Finzooid Retail Integration Modernization – MuleSoft to Talend Migration of 140+ MuleSoft applications to a modern Talend-based ecosystem for a US retail client. Focused on improving data quality, debuggability, and scalability across pricing, store, customer, and mobile services using Azure, AWS, and Snowflake.
This repository documents the end-to-end migration of 140+ enterprise integration applications from MuleSoft to Talend for a major US-based retail client. The project focused on modernizing the integration platform, improving data quality, and leveraging cloud-native infrastructure with Azure, AWS, and Snowflake.
As the Project Associate, I was responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of this 8-month project, including planning, execution, user testing, and delivery. My core responsibilities included:
- Sprint planning and delivery tracking in Jira
- Project documentation and knowledge base in Confluence
- Stakeholder engagement and user validation
- Cloud integration strategy with Azure, AWS, and Snowflake
- Risk management and change control
- Production deployment coordination and post-migration support
- 📦 Applications Migrated: 140+ business-critical MuleSoft integrations
- 🛒 Retail Functions Supported:
- Product Pricing Systems
- Store & Location Data
- Mobile App APIs
- Customer Data & Preferences
- 🎯 Goal: Lift-and-shift migration with 1:1 functionality, no enhancements in Phase 1
- Hosting Talend jobs
- Managed services for enterprise integration
- S3 for object storage
- Lambda and API Gateway for backend utilities
- Central data warehouse
- Data quality checks and reporting
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| ETL / Integration | MuleSoft (Legacy), Talend |
| Cloud | Azure, AWS, Snowflake |
| DevOps / CI-CD | Jenkins, Git |
| Monitoring | Splunk, Talend Admin Center |
| Project Management | Jira, Confluence, MS Teams |
| Databases | Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB |
- Application inventory and assessment
- Architecture review and Talend design
- Stakeholder workshops and roadmap finalization
- Talend job development mirroring MuleSoft logic
- Cloud deployment strategy (Azure, Snowflake, AWS)
- Integration testing with upstream and downstream systems
- End-user validation and feedback sessions
- Jira-based test case tracking
- Confluence documentation and support handover
- Production cutover management
- MuleSoft component deactivation post-validation
- Post-deployment monitoring and support
(Hosted internally on Confluence - redacted in public repo)
- Architecture_Blueprint_Finzooid.pdf
- Migration_Playbook_Finzooid.pdf
- Data_Mapping_Sheet_Finzooid.xlsx
- UAT_Test_Cases_Finzooid.xlsx
- Successful migration of 140+ applications on time and within budget
- Zero downtime during cutovers
- Improved system reliability and data quality
- Ready foundation for future enhancements on Talend
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