API Developer

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Blue Altair

πŸ“Remote - United States

Summary

The job is a remote contract position for an API Developer at Blue Altair, a digital transformation consulting firm. The role involves implementing API management solutions using Apigee, collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring documentation, troubleshooting production issues, and participating in Agile/SCRUM development cycles.

Requirements

  • Advanced skills implementing API Service architectures (SOAP, REST) using any of the market leading API Management tools such as Apigee
  • Strong organizational and communication skills both written and verbal
  • Solid knowledge of backend server components, APIs, and performance optimization
  • Significant understanding of Microservice patterns & concepts & its application in problem solving
  • Experience with Continuous Integration and automated testing strategies
  • Adept at mapping customer requirements to a solution approach
  • Technical knowledge in a PaaS, SaaS and IaaS environment
  • Understanding of object-oriented programming to include but not limited to: Go, NodeJS, PHP, Python, Ruby, NET / C#, C, Java, Perl, JavaScript
  • Hands-on experience working with JSON, REST, SOAP, OAuth, and Swagger

Responsibilities

  • Implements API management solutions using Apigee to include API proxies, security and analytics
  • Collaborates with Business Analysts and stakeholders to evaluate and understand business concepts and processes
  • Ensures documentation is created and remains updated for Apigee-related work
  • Helps troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to the Apigee platform
  • Collaborates with Technical Architects
  • Participates in coordinated planning sessions, provides effort estimates and timeline commitments
  • Refines and grooms the product backlog and user stories
  • Works with a cross-functional team to build new features and functionalities into the Drupal-based Developer Portal, with a focus on improving the integration experience for API consumers
  • Writes Open API spec and smart docs for on-boarding APIs to developer portal
  • Works with other developers to ensure teams are meeting the objectives of the business while adhering to established technical and architectural standards and practices

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent comprehension of API Management concepts and experience using API Management solutions namely Google Apigee, CA Layer 7, IBM API Connect, Akana, Tibco Mashery, or MuleSoft
  • Broad understanding of mobile, cloud, on premise, and hybrid solutions as well as containers and deployment platforms (Azure, AWS, Openshift, etc)
  • Experience with Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, etc
  • Experience with networking protocols and technology: TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, DNS, WAN, LAN, VPN, LDAP, Internet, Intranet, Extranet
  • Proficiency with PowerShell, Bash, SQL
  • Managed File Transfer (MFT) and/or B2B using products like Manhattan Associates DOM, IBM Sterling File Gateway, etc
  • Background and experience with containerization, orchestration engines, and application definition tools – such as Docker, Kubernetes, and HELM

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth through the Star Elements program
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