API Engineer​/Integration Engineer

Position: API Engineer / Integration Engineer
Job Title:

API Engineer / Integration Engineer

Location:

Hyderabad

Experience:

5+ Years

Employment Type:

Full-Time / Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced API Engineer / Integration Specialist with strong hands-on expertise in API YAML configuration, IBM API Connect, and IBM Data Power. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, configuring, securing, deploying, and troubleshooting API integrations in a complex, large-scale enterprise environment.

This role involves working closely with cross-functional engineering, architecture, and Dev Ops teams to ensure seamless API delivery, secure communication flows, and reliable API lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

API Development, Configuration & Management

- Configure, customize, and modify API YAML definitions for REST/SOAP APIs.
- Develop API policies, configurations, security rules, and runtime behaviors using IBM API Connect.
- Implement end-to-end API lifecycle management including creation, versioning, publishing, deployment, and retirement.
- Ensure API governance, documentation, and compliance with enterprise standards.

IBM Data Power Integration

- Configure and manage IBM Data Power Gateway for routing, security enforcement, transformation, and protocol mediation.
- Develop and implement Data Power processing rules, proxy configurations, SSL profiles, and authentication mechanisms.
- Troubleshoot Data Power issues, performance bottlenecks, routing failures, and connectivity problems.
- Integrate Data Power services in high-security and complex multi-network environments.

API Deployment & CI/CD Automation

- Deploy APIs using Jenkins, Git-based workflows, and pre-existing enterprise pipelines.
- Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to improve pipeline automation, validation, and quality checks.
- Participate in continuous integration, continuous delivery, and delivery automation initiatives.

Security & Compliance

- Implement API security best practices including OAuth, JWT, Basic Auth, API keys, and certificate management.
- Configure firewalls, network ACLs, and secure routing for internal/external API communication.
- Ensure compliance with organization-wide security policies, encryption guidelines, and data protection standards.

Troubleshooting & Support

- Monitor API performance, availability, and error logs using APIC/Data Power monitoring capabilities.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for API failures, routing issues, and policy misconfigurations.
- Provide L2/L3 support for API integration issues and collaborate with the infrastructure, networking, and backend teams.

Collaboration & Documentation

- Work closely with backend developers, architects, Dev Ops teams, and business stakeholders.
- Translate integration requirements into technical API specifications.
- Maintain technical documentation, design diagrams, deployment workflows, and API catalogs.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, estimations, and reviews.

Required

Skills & Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience in API development, integration, or middleware technologies.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- IBM API Connect (API Manager, Developer Portal, Gateway Services)
- IBM Data Power Gateway (routing, policy enforcement, transformations)
- Solid ability to configure and modify API YAML code for REST/SOAP specs.
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs, SOAP services, API security, and API lifecycle management.
- Experience deploying APIs through CI/CD pipelines, especially using Jenkins.
- Good understanding of CI/CD concepts, Git workflows, and automated deployments.
- Strong understanding of:
- Authentication & security standards (SSL/TLS, OAuth2, JWT)
- Gateway routing rules & proxy configurations
- XML, JSON, XSLT, and transformation logic
- Familiarity with Linux environments and basic scripting (Shell/Python is a plus).

Nice to Have

- Experience with API logging and monitoring tools.
- Knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, routing, load balancers, firewalls).
- Experience in working within financial, banking, or regulated enterprise environments.
- Exposure to containerization (Docker) or Kubernetes/Open Shift.