API Management Platform Architect

API Management Platform Architect

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Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a API Management Platform Architect. Candidate will be responsible for working with development teams to design the go forward API integration services platform. In this role, you will be supporting enterprise solutions with your extensive experience in API Management. Candidate will be responsible for the Solution Architecture for the API platform and API on-boarding.
Candidate will be someone who can ensure well designed APIs with adherence to standards developed for the platform, as well as be a key resource for ensuring quality delivery by developers by doing code reviews or putting a process in place to have peer review of code.
Candidate will interact with governance and centers of excellence to ensure all APIs are developed along the same guidelines, but will adapt those guidelines as necessary for each unit/division.

• Own the Solution Architecture for the API platform
• Create API Specification designs
• Set and maintain programming standards
• Maintain the “template” API Proxy
• Conduct code reviews and coach developers
• Resolve design conflicts working across various roles
• Implement APIs and maintain their lifecycle
• Develop API proxies
• Design and develop REST APIs using API Management platform. Create REST API documentation
• Convert web services from SOAP to REST or vice-versa, using API management platform
• Implement requirements of the API layer like security, custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications etc. using API management platform
• Maintain programming standards and ensure the usage of the pattern / template for API Proxy
• Conduct code reviews and coach developers
• Ensure proper approach on traffic control and API security
• Create custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node JS, Python etc. in API management platform
• Standardize the CI/CD setup for API management tools and automated deployment
• Maintain the SLA, health and well-being of the API platform infrastructure
• Automation of API testing
• Solid understanding of API and integration design principles
• API focused integration design and patterns experience for the web
• Experience implementing requirements of the API layer like security, custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications etc. using API management platform
• Experience with designing and developing API proxies and REST APIs using API Management platform
• Understanding of RESTful and SOAP Services
• Experience with converting web services from SOAP to RESTful or vice-versa, using API management platform
• Experience with API testing automation
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Significant experience designing, deploying, and supporting production cloud environments, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and private cloud environments.
• Experience creating custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node JS, Python etc. in API management platform
• Expertise in configuring the Apigee Private Cloud platform, including keystores, truststores, and KVMs
• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience with version control software such as Git/Bitbucket.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing high volume web services using API Protocols and Data Formats (REST, JSON, SOAP & XML).
• Experience in Drupal portal.
• Hands on experience in Apigee Configurations, Management and APIGEE testing.
• Experience with CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, GitHub) for Apigee proxies deployment automation.
• Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the Apigee platform
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience or Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Hands-on development expertise with the Google Apigee Edge platform including but not limited to installation and configuration
• Apigee installation and configuration