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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer Lead (IBM APIC and Datapower) - Remote / Telecommute - **Company:** CYNET SYSTEMS INC. - **Location:** Reston, VA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $170,810.0 - $181,210.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Software as a Service, Code Review, IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Openid Connect, JSON Web Token, Single Sign-On, SoapUI, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Openapi, Datadog, Data Logging, Scripting, Cyberark, Software Security, HybridCloud, Git, Information Technology, Bitbucket, Graphql, Api Gateway, Terraform, Dynatrace, Api Management, Jenkins - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/2b33fa51-412a-4a13-bd2a-820ab7cb8865 ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science. * 8+ years of experience in software design and development, software test and evaluation, and software requirements management. * In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required. * Proficiency with IBM API Connect V10 and IBM DataPower Gateway V10. * Experience with IBM API Connect SaaS and AWS API Gateway. * Knowledge of OpenAPI Specification 2.0/3.0 and SwaggerHub. * Experience with GraphQL. * Proficiency in Node.js, Python, and Bash/Shell Scripting. * Experience with Bitbucket/Git, Jenkins, and Terraform. * Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and Amazon Q Developer. * Experience with SoapUI., * Strong verbal and written communication skills. * Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives. * Strong innovation and solution design capabilities. * Ability to establish standards and drive adoption across teams. * Excellent communication and presentation skills. * Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills. * Strategic thinking and roadmap planning capabilities. ## Description * Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications. * Perform and lead detailed technical design, coding, code review, and testing of new applications and enhancements. * Serve as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications. * Ensure compliance to dev/sec/ops practices and policies. * Identify gaps in requirements and solve problems for supporting staff. * Lead the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts and implement risk mitigation actions. * Support the Project Manager as the technical team lead and estimate technical costs of projects. * Participate in migration of APIs, Products, Catalogs, Developer Portals, and DataPower configurations from IBM API Connect On-Prem to IBM APIC SaaS. * Design, develop, implement, test, and publish APIs on IBM API Connect V10, IBM APIC SaaS, and AWS API Gateway platforms. * Review API specifications for compliance with enterprise standards, governance frameworks, and security requirements. * Establish and maintain API governance standards, development guidelines, and lifecycle management processes. * Design and support hybrid cloud integrations across SaaS, AWS API Gateway, and on-premises systems. * Design and develop reusable API frameworks and integration components utilizing OpenAPI Specifications. * Design and implement custom API and DataPower gateway flows, security policies, routing, and transformation services. * Generate operational, usage, and performance reports using APIM Analytics and Datadog dashboards. * Design and implement automated API testing frameworks and integrate them into Jenkins and Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines. * Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, JWT, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Single Sign-On (SSO), RBAC, IAM, Venafi, and CyberArk. * Monitor API platforms using Datadog, distributed tracing, metrics, logging, and observability solutions. * Perform technical research, conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs), and recommend modern cloud solutions. 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