Middleware WSOAPI Management Services Engineer, AVP

Job Summary

M UFG Bank N.A. is recruiting for an Associate Vice President, Middleware Cloud Services Engineer located in Tampa, FL or Jersey City, NJ. The position includes working in an MUFG office or client sites four days per week with one remote day.

The API First effort will deliver a world‑class API Platform for commercial and transaction banking to enable the bank’s competitive market position. The Resetting the technology backbone ‘R’ is a multi‑year effort that will implement a scalable, secure, compliant, and efficient technology platform and enable the Technology organization to be ‘fit for growth’.

The Middleware Cloud Services Engineer will be a hands‑on technical engineer accountable for software development, R&D and operations in support of the Enterprise Integration Platform  engineer will face a wide array of technical challenges that greatly impact our business. The team works closely across the Cloud Transformation Organization, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Engineering and Operations organizations, to deliver next‑generation capabilities in an operationally stable software‑defined ecosystem.

The role will be responsible for design, evolution, implementation, and support of the cloud transformation Enterprise Integration Platform operating across geographically diverse data centers and cloud service providers, empowering customers with highly available, automated, and cost‑effective platform solutions that address resiliency, performance, portability, security, and disaster recovery needs.

The Engineer will also serve as a point of escalation for all operational issues and critical events related to the Enterprise Integration Platform, train staff, develop standard operating procedures, and write knowledge articles. Additionally, the Engineer is a key contributor to the automation roadmap and strategy to improve policy‑driven automated operations while adhering to industry best practices and infrastructure‑as‑code principles.

• AWS certifications related to architecture, networking, or security are strongly preferred; WSO2 certifications are nice to have.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with large‑scale mission‑critical and production‑scale platforms at an enterprise or service provider is required.
• At least 5 years of strong hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and operating AWS API Gateway‑based enterprise API platforms; familiarity with WSO2 API Manager is a plus.
• Independent judgment, technical problem solving, analytical and decision‑making strength is required.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills are required.
• Self‑starter with strong teamwork abilities and customer service skills are required.
• Experience working in a Scrum methodology including the Atlassian stack (Jira/Confluence) is preferred.

• Deep expertise in AWS API Gateway including REST APIs, HTTP APIs, Web Socket APIs, custom domains, usage plans, stages, throttling, caching, and deployment strategies.
• Strong experience designing secure, scalable API architectures on AWS using API Gateway, Lambda, ECS/EKS, ALB/NLB, and private integrations.
• Hands‑on expertise with API authentication and authorization patterns in AWS including IAM, Cognito, Lambda authorize rs, OAuth2, JWT, and mutual TLS.
• Experience implementing API lifecycle controls such as throttling, quota management, rate limiting, access policies, WAF integration, and multi‑environment promotion on AWS.
• Ability to design mock services, execute performance and resiliency testing, and guide internal teams on load testing and capacity planning for AWS‑hosted API platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across AWS API Gateway, Cloud Watch, X‑Ray, networking, integrations, and downstream services in production environments.
• Provides architecture guidance, best practices, and technology recommendations to ensure a resilient, secure, and cost‑effective enterprise API ecosystem on AWS.
• Experience with API logging, telemetry, and operational data management using Cloud Watch, S3, and related AWS observability services.
• Familiarity with data classification, API governance, secrets…