API Management (APIM) Engineer / API Connect / API Gateway / APIM / APIGEE - Dallas TX / Buffalo Grove IL

Role: API Management (APIM) Engineer / API Connect / API Gateway / APIM / APIGEE -

Location: Dallas TX / Buffalo Grove IL (ONSITE)

Sal: $110-$120K

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

We are seeking an experienced API Management (APIM) Engineer to oversee the entire lifecycle of our organization's APIs. The ideal candidate will ensure that APIs are well-designed, secure, and effectively integrated with other systems. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and business acumen to define API strategies and manage the development, deployment, and monitoring of APIs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead teams in the design, development, and implementation of APIs.
• Define and execute API strategies that align with business objectives.
• Ensure APIs are secure, scalable, and well-documented.
• Monitor API performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs with other systems.
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in API management.

8-10+ years of extensive experience in IT Industry

• At least 5 years of experience in integration technologies (e.g., IBM API Connect, Apigee, APIM gateways).
• Proven experience in building REST APIs and GraphQL services
• Proficiency in APIM gateway concepts, including Custom Domains and Azure Policies.
• Strong knowledge of Azure integration tools and capabilities such as Logic Apps, Function Apps, Event Grid, Event Hub.
• Expertise in Azure DevOps and experience using Git Actions.
• Advanced proficiency in building Java Microservices.
• Proven experience in scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, JavaScript) is preferred.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and CI/CD best practices
• Deep understanding of Imperva or Akamai communication layers
• Strong communication skills to drive alignment across technical and business stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code using best practices and design patterns
• Strategic thinking able to identify a vision along with the plans, which need to be implemented to meet the end goal, evaluating situations, decisions, and issues in the short, medium, and long term
• Analytical thinking - able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts explore and evaluate them systematically
• Collaborate with various areas of the organization including business partners, product owners, architecture, security mavens, and IT engineering teams to understand business requirements and design specifications
• Conduct research on emerging technologies, design principles, and development frameworks to ensure software solutions remain current, fresh, and future proof
• Provide technical guidance in software design and development activities
• Mentoring junior members of the team to develop their technical skills
• Review Designs and Code and Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Provide technical leadership direction, determining and developing approaches to solutions by coordinating multiple resources to solve complex problems
• Improve DevOps processes and push for Automation as much as possible
• Designing and implementing complex software solutions for API's, microservices, CICD, real-time streaming pipelines etc. on cloud