Junior Automation Engineer (Cloud)

The Senior APIM Engineer / Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, governing, and scaling enterprise API platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring APIs are secure, performant, reusable, and aligned with business and integration strategies. The role often partners closely with architecture, security, DevOps, and application teams., * Design, implement, and operate enterprise API platforms (e.g., Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, AWS API Gateway).

• Develop and enforce API standards, patterns, and best practices (REST, GraphQL, async/event-driven APIs).
• Configure API gateways for routing, policies, throttling, caching, transformations, and versioning.
• Implement API lifecycle management from design through retirement.
• Implement API security controls including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, IP filtering, and rate limiting.
• Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security, regulatory, and data protection requirements.
• Support secrets management and key rotation using enterprise tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for API deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab.
• Automate API provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Enable monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like App Insights, Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, or cloud-native services.
• Support integration of APIs with internal applications, third-party partners, and SaaS platforms.
• Optimize API performance, resiliency, and scalability for high-volume workloads.
• Troubleshoot complex API, networking, and integration issues across environments.
• Serve as technical lead for API initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
• Mentor junior engineers and review API designs and implementations.
• Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to align APIs to domain and business capabilities.
• Promote API-first and product-oriented API thinking across teams.

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or integration, with 3+ years focused on API management platforms.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and HTTP concepts.
• Hands-on experience with API gateways such as Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
• Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT).
• Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript, Python).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TLS, load balancing).

DevOps & Automation

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with event-driven and async APIs (Kafka, Event Grid, SNS/SQS).
• Knowledge of API product management concepts and API monetization (if applicable).
• Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect).
• Experience supporting highly regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, etc.).

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions and influencing architecture decisions.
• Adept at balancing hands-on delivery with strategic oversight.