Job title: API Developer (USAP) – Remote
Company: Blue Altair
Job description: This is a contract, remote position
Blue Altair is seeking an API Developer to fulfill the following job duties:
- 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
- Performs in Agile/SCRUM development cycle to deliver solutions that help drive digital commerce
- 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
ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Adhering to all policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.
- Performing other duties or functions as requested by management.
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Associate is expected to operate at the functional level across the following areas of technical knowledge and skill:
Requirements
Required Skills:
- 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.
Desired Skills (Nice to have):
- 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 working 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
In addition to a competitive package, we promise rich opportunities for you to succeed, to shine, to exceed even your own expectations. In keeping with Blue Altair’s challenger ethos, we have developed a special benefits program, Blue Care. This program recognizes the multiple dimensions within each of us and seek to provide opportunities for deep development across these dimensions. Enrich Myself; Enhance My Client; Build my Company, Nurture My Family; and Better Humanity.
Expected salary: Not Available
Location: Washington DC
Job date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:15:21 GMT