IBM API Connect / DataPower Engineer

Hiring! IBM API Connect / DataPower Engineer. W2 Candidate for 5 month Contract+ opportunity with our direct client. Mostly remote position, but candidates will be required to travel to Reston at least once a month. Seeking candidates that live withn a commutable distance to Reston, Va. Onsite interview is required after a successful Virtual Interview.

Our direct client is seeking an IBM API Connect / DataPower Engineer to contribute to a complex migration of APIs, Products, Catalogs, Developer Portals, and DataPower configurations from IBM API Connect On-Prem to IBM APIC SaaS. The selected candidate will Design, develop, implement, test, and publish APIs on IBM API Connect V10, IBM APIC SaaS, and AWS API Gateway platforms - In addition to the following:

• Review API specifications for compliance with enterprise standards, API governance frameworks, security requirements, and best practices.
  Establish and maintain API governance standards, development guidelines, reusable frameworks, and lifecycle management processes.
  Design and support hybrid cloud integrations across IBM APIC SaaS, AWS API Gateway, cloud-native services, and on-premises systems.
  Design and develop reusable API frameworks, accelerators, and integration components utilizing OpenAPI Specifications.
  Design, develop, and implement custom API and DataPower gateway flows, security policies, routing, mediation, and transformation services.
  Review architecture and technical documentation and provide recommendations for improvements.
  Generate operational, usage, and performance reports using APIM Analytics and Datadog dashboards.
  Design and implement automated API testing frameworks for functional, integration, regression, performance, and load testing. Integrate automated API testing into Jenkins and Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines.
  Utilize Amazon Q Developer and AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.

Required Technical Skills

• 8+ years Software design and development, software test and evaluation, software requirements management.
• IBM API Connect V10
  IBM DataPower Gateway V10
  IBM API Connect SaaS
  AWS API Gateway
  OpenAPI Specification 2.0/3.0
• Amazon Q Developer
• SwaggerHub Enterprise/Open Source
  GraphQL
  Development Technologies
  Node.js
  Python
  Bash/Shell Scripting
  Bitbucket/Git
  Jenkins
  Terraform
  CI/CD Pipelines
  SoapUI

If you have the above skillset - pls select "Apply now: - and a Vega Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.