API Development and Integration

• Design and develop scalable RESTful and SOAP APIs using IBM API Connect, ensuring adherence to best practices for API lifecycle management.
• Implement robust integration solutions between internal and external systems, utilizing APIC for managing the entire API lifecycle.
• Customize and develop API policies, including security policies, traffic management, and routing rules, using DataPower and APIC.
• Develop custom code and transformation logic in Node.js, Java, Python, JavaScript, and XSLT for complex API use cases and advanced data handling.
• Design and implement API security mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT, Mutual TLS (mTLS), and other authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Lead the integration of legacy systems with API-driven architectures, ensuring smooth data and service migration.
   

API and DataPower Gateway Administration:

• Install, configure, and administer IBM DataPower Gateway and API Connect for secure and optimized API traffic routing.
• Deploy and manage API services across environments (Dev, Test, Prod) and ensure consistency and security across deployments.
• Administer and monitor APIC and DataPower clusters, performing load balancing, failover, and ensuring high availability (HA) of API services.
  Configure DataPower for advanced security functions, including encryption/decryption, SSL termination, and XML firewall policies.
• Manage API versioning, throttling policies, and API subscriptions, ensuring proper access control and governance.
• Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting using tools like Splunk, ELK, or other monitoring solutions to track API performance and identify bottlenecks or issues.
   

Scripting and Automation:

• Develop and maintain automation scripts (using Python, Bash, Ansible, or similar) to streamline API deployment, testing, and monitoring tasks.
• Automate the creation, deployment, and versioning of APIs using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, or Ansible).
• Write custom XSLT transformations and GatewayScript for DataPower to support advanced API routing, request/response transformation, and security policies.
   

Security and Performance Management:

• Ensure APIs are compliant with organizational security standards by configuring DataPower for API security, including message integrity, content-based routing, and data protection.
• Monitor and troubleshoot API performance issues, implementing optimization strategies for both DataPower and APIC.
• Implement traffic control policies using APIC and DataPower to manage traffic spikes, ensure SLAs, and prevent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and ensure that API services are regularly patched and updated to meet security compliance.
   

Collaboration and Leadership:

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate API solutions into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless automation of API management tasks.
• Work closely with security, networking, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth deployment and integration of APIs with existing enterprise systems.
• Mentor junior developers and API engineers on API development best practices, coding standards, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Lead technical discussions with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into API solutions.

• IBM Certified Solution Developer – API Connect(Preferred)
• IBM Certified Solution Implementer – DataPower Gateway(Preferred)

• 6+ years of experience with IBM DataPower Gateway and IBM API Connect, with strong expertise in API design, development, and administration.
• Proficiency in developing APIs using Node.js, Java, or Python for backend logic and integration.
• Strong experience in scripting languages such as Python, Shell/Bash, and JavaScript for automating API-related tasks.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining DataPower services such as XML Firewall, Web Service Proxy, Multi-Protocol Gateway (MPGW), and API Gateway.
• Strong knowledge of API security standards including OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT, and Mutual TLS (mTLS).
• Hands-on experience with XSLT, GatewayScript, and JavaScript for creating complex transformations and API routing rules.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Ansible) for automating API deployments and managing multi-environment API releases.
• Knowledge of load balancing, high availability, and failover configurations for DataPower and API Connect environments.
• Strong familiarity with SOAP, REST, and microservices architectures.
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK, Datadog) to track API performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker for containerized deployments is a plus.

• Experience in IBM App Connect Enterprise
• Experience in MQ
• Experience in CP4I