Senior API (APIM) Engineer / Lead
SAN R&D Business SolutionsAbout the role
Job Title: Senior API (APIM) Engineer / Lead
Location: Columbus, OH or Nashville, TN
Work Type: Onsite Employment Type: Contract (C2C)Duration: 6+ Months with Possible Extension
About the Role:
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.
Key Responsibilities: API Platform Engineering • 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. Security & Compliance • 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. DevOps & Automation • 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. Integration & Application Enablement • 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. Technical Leadership • Serve as technicalApply for this role
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