Backend Engineer for Apex Cloud (Contract)

[1 year contract, renewable]

Seamless API management

APEX Cloud is your all-in-one API management solution. Developers, product teams, agencies, and businesses can effortlessly handle APIs from registration to publication to retirement, including compliance and governance at every stage. It provides a single platform to manage the security, analytics, and developer tools for agencies.

What you will be working on

. Configure and manage day-to-day operations of the enterprise Axway API gateway system

. Monitor API Gateway performance and troubleshoot issues

. Problem isolation and resolution, with expectation that continuous improvement and enhancements are implemented

. Work with external parties to integrate their web services with the gateway

. Configure and code policies via Axway API Gateway Policy Studio

. Configure and manage Axway API Gateway system

. Configure and manage Cassandra database used by Axway API Gateway

. Deploy and upgrade the Axway API Gateway and database as needed

What we are looking for

. Experience in configuring and managing Axway API Gateway or relevant API Gateways

. Knowledge in NoSQL database

. Demonstrated experience with web service security including digital certificates (client and server), mutual-authentication, SSL, Web Services expertise in XML, XSL, WSDL, SOAP, REST, JSON, HTML, JavaScript.

. Experience implementing and troubleshooting SSL, LDAP, SSO

. Experience in AWS, Docker and Kubernetes

. Experience with common Unix/Linux utilities, diagnostics, and monitoring tools

. Experience with system configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance

. Excellent communication skills - verbal and written, for technical and non-technical audiences

. Excellent analytical and documentation skills

. Quick learning and adaptive to new technical fields

. Passion for automation, standardization and best practices

. Knowledge in monitoring and logging technologies (Elastic Stack, Grafana) is desirable but not required.