API Developer

Title: API Developer Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain API integration solutions, based on IBM API Connect

• Participate as an API integration developer in Global IT projects

• Analyse and modify existing API integrations based on business change requests

• Adhere to the Development and Change processes established in the Development Team

• Provide support on integration testing

• Provide third line support for existing API integrations

Technical Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in IT integration support or development.

• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience on the IBM API Connect product suite. Including development and configuration

• Working experience with CI/CD and DevOps frameworks

• Knowledge and experience in the use of API gateways, specifically IBM API Connect.

• Must have understanding latest API Authentication standards and Authorization techniques.

• Should have working experience with Open API Specification standards, specifically YAML.

• Should communicate effectively with API owners, stake holders and technical teams.

• A good understanding of IT security in the context of API integration.

• Have experience of security implementations for Mutual Auth, Basic Auth, SSO, SAML, encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify.

• Experience in OAuth 2, API Key Manager.

• Knowledge of JSON, JWT and JWKS and their underlying specifications

• Knowledge of XSLT, XPATH, XQuery and RegEx

Experience and knowledge in the use of the following technologies:

• GIT, specifically Bitbucket

• Jenkins

• JIRA, Confluence and Bitbucket

• Kibana

• OAuth

• OpenAPI specification

• SOAP and REST

• Strong focus on delivery and service-oriented mindset.

• Should have strong analytical skills to understand the development requirements.

• Must understand concepts like B2B, EAI, and ESB.

• Agile mindset of pulling the work from backlog rather being pushed to take the task.

• Take responsibility to own the work in end to end implementation.

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field