Job location: Nashville, TN (preferred) or Columbus, OH (both locations would be for on site work)
The Senior APIM Lead will support the Lead Architect in delivering API platform initiatives. This role is
highly hands-on and will take ownership of API design, implementation, and
governance within Azure API Management, allowing the Architect to focus
on higher-level strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design,
build, and manage APIs using Azure API Management (APIM)
- Implement
API policies (security, throttling, transformation, routing)
- Support
API lifecycle: design, publish, versioning, and deprecation
- Collaborate
closely with the Lead Architect to enforce API standards and best
practices
- Work
with backend teams to expose services as scalable, secure APIs
- Troubleshoot
API performance, reliability, and integration issues
- Support
CI/CD pipelines and automation for API deployments
- Contribute
to API governance, documentation, and reusable patterns
Requirements
Required Qualifications (Must-Have):
- Strong
hands-on experience with Azure API Management (APIM)
- Solid
understanding of RESTful API design principles
- Experience
with API security (OAuth2, JWT, rate limiting, policies)
- Hands-on
experience implementing APIM policies and transformations
- Experience
working in cloud environments (Azure preferred)
- Ability
to operate independently and support architecture direction
Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have):
- Experience
with Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
- Exposure
to event-driven architecture / Kafka
- Experience
supporting enterprise-scale API platforms
- Prior
experience working alongside architecture teams
- Prior
work with Utilities companies.
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure API Management (APIM)
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles
- Experience with API security (OAuth2, JWT, rate limiting, policies)
- Hands-on experience implementing APIM policies and transformations
- Experience working in cloud environments (Azure preferred)
- Ability to operate independently and support architecture direction
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