Senior API Management and Integration Engineer

Senior API Management and Integration Engineer Job Snapshot
- Role:
Senior API Management and Integration Engineer

- Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Banking
- Function:
Systems Implementation/Integration

- Experience:

6-10 years in banking API management
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site Position Overview Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Senior API Management and Integration Engineer to support enterprise API management and integration initiatives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on administering API gateways, managing developer portals and enabling secure, reusable banking APIs across core banking and digital banking environments. The successful candidate will bring substantial experience in banking API management, including involvement in a major core banking or digital banking transformation.

The position requires practical knowledge of Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) APIs, banking service domains, API security standards and enterprise API management platforms. Working across API engineering, integration and platform operations, the engineer will manage API publishing, security policies, versioning, subscriptions, lifecycle controls and operational monitoring. The role also involves automating API platform configuration and using approved AI-assisted engineering tools to improve policy development, troubleshooting, documentation and operational analysis.

• Country:
  United Arab Emirates
• City:
  Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Banking
• Function:
  Systems Implementation/Integration
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site

• Administer enterprise API gateways supporting banking applications and digital services.
• Configure and maintain API management platform capabilities.
• Manage developer portals used for API discovery, onboarding and consumption.
• Support the onboarding and publication of modular banking APIs.
• Maintain API gateway configurations and operational policies.
• Troubleshoot API gateway configuration and integration issues.
• Support consistent API management practices across relevant banking platforms.

• Enable secure integration between core banking, digital banking and related enterprise services.
• Apply knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains to modular API delivery.
• Support API management requirements associated with core banking and digital banking transformation.
• Coordinate API onboarding and publishing activities.
• Maintain API specifications and relevant integration documentation.
• Support API interoperability through established interface standards.

• Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorisation controls.
• Configure OpenID Connect (OIDC) integration requirements.
• Apply mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) for secure API communications.
• Implement JSON Web Token (JWT) validation and related access controls.
• Configure API gateway security policies according to approved requirements.
• Support secure access to banking APIs and associated services.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorisation and policy enforcement issues.

• Manage API versions throughout their operational lifecycle.
• Configure and maintain API products and subscriptions.
• Support controlled API publishing and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain appropriate API management configurations and documentation.
• Coordinate API lifecycle changes with relevant platform and integration stakeholders.
• Support consistent management of API consumption and access arrangements.

• Implement observability capabilities for API services.
• Configure API monitoring and analytics controls.
• Support visibility into API traffic, usage and operational performance.
• Implement throttling controls to manage API consumption.
• Support API monetisation controls where applicable.
• Analyse operational information to identify API platform issues.
• Use monitoring and analytics findings to support troubleshooting and platform improvement.

• Automate API platform configuration activities.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code practices to relevant platform configurations.
• Use Git for source and configuration version control.
• Support CI/CD processes for API management changes.
• Work with Kubernetes and Open Shift environments where required.
• Maintain repeatable and controlled configuration…