Azure API Specialist

Role: Azure API Specialist
Location: Hybrid - Need to be available to attend meetings onsite at St Paul, MN 55102
Duration: Long Term Contract

Job Description

• The resource will work closely with client staff as a subject-matter-expert in Azure API Management and streamline API management processes within a to-be-established Azure ecosystem. Their responsibilities include, and are not limited to:
• creating secure, scalable, and efficient APIs
• developing, managing, and securing connections between a vendor managed front-end and a client portal managed back-end
• Implementing API management solutions and services needed in Azure
• Configuring API gateways
• Establishing API policies for security and performance optimization
• Monitoring API usage to ensure efficient operation and identify potential areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement APIs in a to-be-established Azure ecosystem for the MinnesotaWorks.net replacement solution, connecting the vendor managed front-end to the MNIT managed back-end
• Set up Azure API Management processes and policies for security, performance optimization and monitoring API usage
• Configure API gateways
• Conduct performance testing and propose continuous improvement
• Ensure the application is fully ADA accessible and meets WCAG 2.1 standards.

Required Skills, and Qualifications

• 3 years experience with Azure API management
• 3 years experience developing RESTful APIs
• 3 years experience with .NET application development using SQL Server database(s)
• 5 years of C# experience
• Experience with implementing API management solutions, and other needed services, that adhere to policies and standards for security while also monitoring and optimizing API use and performance
• Experience developing and scaling Azure API solutions from the ground up - including integrations with systems to deployments via Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Possesses strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, excellent communication abilities, and effective collaboration and knowledge transfer abilities.
• Experience replacing and modernizing legacy systems
• Experience integrating with legacy systems

About Us:
InterSources Inc , a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.