API Developer

Role: API Developer (Remote)

Location: Owings Mills, MD (Remote)

Experience: 8 to 15 years

Cognizant Technology Solutions is looking for API Developer to join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. If you meet our background requirements and skills and are looking for an opportunity with these skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

This role is with the Cognizant Integration and Process Management Practice within Enterprise Platform Services Team (IPM-EPS). Cognizant’s IPM practice is a world leading provider of Hybrid Cloud Integration and Process Automation Services. IPM has strategic alliances with “best of bread” platform providers to provide service for Cloud Integration, Hybrid Integration Platforms, B2B Platforms, DPA and Low Code Platforms, and Cloud Integration.

Job Description: As an API Developer and member of the Practice Architecture Team, this person will be responsible for technology leadership to enable customer projects and lead internal development of technology capability. The person will be responsible for the evolutionary use of enterprise integration tools, patterns, and frameworks in the enterprise. These tools include technologies supporting API led Integration Model, Microservices Application Architecture, iPaaS, Cloud Native Applications, Event Processing, Digital Process Orchestration, and modern engineering practices namely Containers, DevOps and Agile. This person will also provide foundational enterprise application integration expertise to all parts of the enterprise.

Role and Responsibilities:

· APIM Developer who has knowledge of:

o APIM Development

o APIM Policy management

o API Proxy creation and management following Microsoft recommended best practices.

o Authentication using Azure AD or Okta

o Basic understanding of Terraform and can understand and extend the base code.

o Familiarity of Azure DevOps

· Experience with Migration of current platform (APIGEE, Axway, etc.) to APIM

· Experience working in Onshore-Offshore model and function as an Onshore Lead

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $96,000 to $114,500 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Long-term/Short-term Disability

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Technical Skills

SNo Primary Skill Proficiency Level * Rqrd./Dsrd.

1 Google Cloud Platform PL2 Desired

2 Docker Container PL1 Desired

3 Jenkins PL2 Desired

4 Drupal PL2 Desired

5 APIGEE PL3 Required

6 Anthos Service Mesh PL1 Desired

7 APIGEE Integration PL1 Required

8 APIGEE API Hub PL2 Required

9 APIGEE Hybrid PL3 Desired

10 APIGEE OPDK PL2 Desired

11 APIGEE X PL3 Desired

12 Stop Light PL2 Desired

13 Swagger Hub PL2 Desired

14 Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) PL1 Desired

15 Anthos PL1 Desired

16 DevOps PL2 Desired

17 Authentication & Authorization PL2 Desired

18 Data Caching PL3 Desired

19 istio PL1 Desired

20 Swagger PL3 Desired

21 SQL PL2 Desired

22 Google Cloud Armor PL1 Desired

23 Postman PL3 Desired

24 REST / API Service Testing PL2 Desired

25 OAUTH PL1 Desired

26 Kubernetes PL1 Desired

27 Terrafor PL1 Desired

28 Security Protocols PL2 Desired

29 Google IAM PL2 Desired

30 Ping Federate PL1 Desired

31 Google Firewalls PL1 Desired

32 Spring Boot PL3 Desired

33 JSON Web Token PL2 Desired

34 NoSQL PL2 Desired

35 APIGEE Developer Portal PL3 Desired

36 APIGEE Edge PL3 Desired

37 Node js PL2 Desired

38 Cloud Infrastructure PL2 Desired

39 Load Balancers (Server & Site) PL1 Desired

40 JSON PL1 Desired

41 Rest API PL1 Desired

42 GIT PL3 Desired

43 JavaScript PL3 Desired

44 Firewall PL3 Desired

45 SAML PL1 Desired

46 CSS PL3 Desired

47 XML PL1 Desired

48 SOAP PL1 Desired

49 HTML PL3 Desired

50 Unix Shell Scripting PL3 Desired

51 PHP PL2 Desired

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level Generic Reference

PL1 The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2 The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3 The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4 The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No