API Developer

API Developer

Hyderabad

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain API integration solutions, based on IBM API Connect
• Participate as an API integration developer in Global IT projects
• Analyse and modify existing API integrations based on business change requests
• Adhere to the Development and Change processes established in the Development Team
• Provide support on integration testing
• Provide third line support for existing API integrations

Technical Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in IT integration support or development.
• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience on the IBM API Connect product suite. Including development and configuration
• Working experience with CI/CD and DevOps frameworks
• Knowledge and experience in the use of API gateways, specifically IBM API Connect.
• Must have understanding latest API Authentication standards and Authorization techniques.
• Should have working experience with Open API Specification standards, specifically YAML.
• Should communicate effectively with API owners, stake holders and technical teams.
• A good understanding of IT security in the context of API integration.

Have experience of security implementations for Mutual Auth, Basic Auth, SSO, SAML, encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify.

Experience in OAuth 2, API Key Manager.

Knowledge of JSON, JWT and JWKS and their underlying specifications

Knowledge of XSLT, XPATH, XQuery and RegEx

• Experience and knowledge in the use of the following technologies:
• GIT, specifically Bitbucket
• Jenkins
• JIRA, Confluence and Bitbucket
• Kibana
• OAuth
• OpenAPI specification
• SOAP and REST
• Strong focus on delivery and service-oriented mindset, with the ability to communicate effectively eith end users and guide them through onboarding into the solution to ensure successful burin-in
• Profficient in creating comprehensive guides and documentation
• Should have strong analytical skills to understand the development requirements.
• Must understand concepts like B2B, EAI, and ESB.
• Agile mindset of pulling the work from backlog rather being pushed to take the task.
• Take responsibility to own the work in end to end implementation.
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field