Role : IBM API Connect Lead

Location : Lansing, MI

Start Date : ASAP

Duration : Long Term

Experience Needed: 10+ Years

Position details:

Role: IBM API Connect Lead

Location : Lansing, MI. We are seeking a senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience and 5+ years of hands-on IBM API Connect (APIC) experience.

The ideal candidate has strong Kubernetes knowledge and experience delivering APIs in containerized, cloud-native environments.

AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience are highly desirable.

Must-haves: IBM API Connect (APIC), REST/SOAP services, API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS), JSON, XML, XSLT, Kubernetes, and proven experience translating business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.

Core responsibilities: Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise API/integration solutions; guide technical teams; mentor junior developers; drive end-to-end API lifecycle delivery; and build scalable, secure, reusable services aligned with enterprise standards.

Strong pluses: IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE), IBM MQ, Red Hat OpenShift, CI/CD, AWS EKS, DevOps practices, enterprise integration patterns, and microservices architecture.

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