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# SME Application / API Lifecycle Automation Developer

- **Company:** SD Solutions LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $195,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Identity and Access Management, Web Portals, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, SAP Sales and Distribution, Software Deployment, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Datadog, Software Security, Apigee, Api Gateway, Appdynamics, Devsecops, Api Management, Elk Stack, Mulesoft
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bfa2d137c10f277c

## About the Role

* 5+ years designing, developing, and maintaining API lifecycle automation workflows, developer portals, and API governance tooling
 * API gateway automation: configuration-as-code, automated onboarding pipelines, policy enforcement, RBAC implementation
 * Integration with enterprise CI/CD pipelines within an organization-owned DevSecOps framework - does not own or administer the CI/CD platform
 * Developer portal platforms: Backstage, Stoplight, Kong Dev Portal, Apigee Developer Portal, or comparable
 * Zero Trust API security: authentication, authorization, token validation, encryption, API segmentation, least-privilege access
 * Observability tooling: AppDynamics, ELK stack; OpenTelemetry familiarity
 * Active or ability to obtain IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI)

Preferred Qualifications

 * Developer portal delivery for Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure APIM, or AWS API Gateway
 * Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance experience for web portal delivery
 * OpenTelemetry implementation experience
 * Federal IT automation experience with documented quantified SLA achievement

Clearance

 * IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required prior to start

## Description

SD Solutions is seeking an SME Application / API Lifecycle Automation Developer to transform EAG from manual centralized API onboarding to automated developer self-service under EAGMO. This role delivers TA5: Developer Portal, automated onboarding workflows integrated with IRS-owned CI/CD pipelines, Zero Trust governance automation, and observability enhancements. The 75% manual step reduction and 90% automated success rate are formal QASP performance standards - candidates must have documented experience meeting quantified automation delivery targets., * Assess current EAG automation capabilities and establish baselines within 60 days of award

 * Design and implement a Developer Portal including searchable API catalog, documentation and specifications, usage instructions, access request workflows, and enterprise IAM integration - Section 508 compliant
 * Design and implement automated API onboarding workflows integrated into IRS-approved CI/CD pipelines: registration, access approval routing, gateway configuration provisioning, policy enforcement, RBAC
 * Achieve and maintain a minimum 75% reduction in manual API onboarding steps per the approved schedule milestone (QASP performance standard)
 * Achieve and maintain a minimum 90% automated onboarding success rate without manual rework (QASP performance standard)
 * Implement standardized API governance automation: specification validation, governance checks, security validation, telemetry validation, and Zero Trust validation gates
 * Ensure 100% of newly onboarded and migrated APIs comply with Zero Trust requirements prior to production deployment
 * Enhance and maintain AppDynamics and ELK dashboards; develop OpenTelemetry implementation roadmap
 * Produce Developer Portal Capability, Automated Onboarding Workflow Implementation, API governance standards, and updated runbooks per the Deliverables schedule


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