API Governance Architect
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Job Description:
- Identify and design API layer for service registry, management, throttling, routing etc.
- Design security and authentication features in compliance with company policies
- Design system with the right mix of Monitoring, Alerting and Tracing
- Define Templates for Development Teams and perform regular code reviews to ensure best practices are followed.
- Design Integration layer using a combination of approaches (services, messaging etc.) to support downstream data flow and also work in concert with existing systems.
- Develop services using technologies like but not limited to Spring Boot & Node
- Define strategy for Test Driven Development to ensure requirements coverage.
- Prepare documentation where necessary, including training, process flows, system structure, etc.
Technical Skills:
- API Architecture Understanding: Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, SOAP, and other API types.
- OAS (OpenAPI Specification) Expertise: Ability to read, write, and evaluate API specifications.
- Knowledge of Protocols: Understanding of HTTP, HTTPS, and possibly other communication protocols.
- Data Modeling: Proficiency in understanding and evaluating data schemas, like JSON Schema, YAML or SOAP/XML Schema.
- Event-Driven Architecture: Understand message queues, event streams, and other
- Security Protocols: Understanding of OAuth, JWT, API keys, and other authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Rate Limiting and Throttling: Knowledge of how these policies affect API usage and performance.
- Development Tools: Familiarity with tools like VSCode, Spectral, Stoplight Studio, or other IDEs and API documentation and testing tools.
- Significant understanding of Microservice patterns & concepts & their application to application design and business solutions
Soft Skills:
- Communication: Ability to articulate complex technical scenarios in a straightforward manner to stakeholders at different levels.
- Critical Thinking: Evaluation of design decisions, trade-offs, and potential future challenges.
- Attention to Detail: Especially crucial for analyzing API documentation, error messages, and data models.
- Negotiation Skills: Often governance reviews involve negotiations on standards, practices, or resource allocation.
- Teamwork: Ability to collaborate with architects, developers, QA, and other roles involved in API development.
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