Azure API Lead

Azure API Lead

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 months & extendable

Number of positions: 1

Working shift timing: 4:00 pm - 1:00 am IST

Job Description

Implement an API architecture using Azure API Management, including security, API Gateway, Analytics, and API Services

Design reusable assets, components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support and facilitate API and integration projects

Conduct functional, regression, and load testing on APIs

Gather requirements and define the strategy for application integration

Develop using the following types of Integration protocols/principles: SOAP and Web services stack, REST APIs, RESTful, RPC/RF C

Analyze, design, and coordinate the development of major components of the APIs including hands-on implementation, testing, review, build automation, and documentation

Work with the DevOps team to package release components to deploy into a higher environment

Required Qualifications

• Expert hands-on experience in the following:
• Technologies such as Spring Boot, Microservices, API Management & Gateway, Event Streaming, Cloud-Native Patterns, Observability & Performance optimizations
• Data modeling, Master and Operational Data Stores, Data ingestion & distribution patterns, ETL / ELT technologies, Relational and Non-Relational DB's, DB Optimization patterns
• At least 5+ years of experience with Azure APIM, Logic APP, Function APP
• At least 8+ years of experience in Azure SaaS and PaaS
• At least 8+ years experience in API Management including technologies such as Mulesoft and Apigee
• At least the last 5 years in consulting with the latest implementation on Azure SaaS services
• At least 5+ years in MS SQL / MySQL development including data modeling, concurrency, stored procedure development, and tuning
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, results and solution-oriented, and personal accountability and resiliency
• Should be a self-starter and team player, capable of working with a team of architects, co-developers, and business analysts

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge on building and working on/around data integration/engineering / Orchestration
• Position requires expert knowledge across multiple platforms, integration patterns, processes, data/domain models, and architectures.
• Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the following disciplines: enterprise architecture, business architecture, information architecture, application architecture, and integration architecture.
• Experience with Agile Methodology / Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Preferred Education/Skills

• Prefer a Masters degree
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science with a minimum of 10+ years relevant experience or equivalent.