Azure API Specialist

Job Description

• The resource will work closely with client staff as a subject-matter-expert in Azure API Management and streamline API management processes within a to-be-established Azure ecosystem. Their responsibilities include, and are not limited to:
• creating secure, scalable, and efficient APIs
• developing, managing, and securing connections between a vendor managed front-end and a client portal managed back-end
• Implementing API management solutions and services needed in Azure
• Configuring API gateways
• Establishing API policies for security and performance optimization
• Monitoring API usage to ensure efficient operation and identify potential areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement APIs in a to-be-established Azure ecosystem for the MinnesotaWorks.net replacement solution, connecting the vendor managed front-end to the MNIT managed back-end
• Set up Azure API Management processes and policies for security, performance optimization and monitoring API usage
• Configure API gateways
• Conduct performance testing and propose continuous improvement
• Ensure the application is fully ADA accessible and meets WCAG 2.1 standards.

Required Skills, and Qualifications

• 3 years experience with Azure API management
• 3 years experience developing RESTful APIs
• 3 years experience with .NET application development using SQL Server database(s)
• 5 years of C# experience
• Experience with implementing API management solutions, and other needed services, that adhere to policies and standards for security while also monitoring and optimizing API use and performance
• Experience developing and scaling Azure API solutions from the ground up – including integrations with systems to deployments via Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Possesses strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, excellent communication abilities, and effective collaboration and knowledge transfer abilities.
• Experience replacing and modernizing legacy systems
• Experience integrating with legacy systems