DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Design, develop and implement software solutions. Solve business problems through innovation and engineering practices. Involved in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including analyzing requirements, incorporating architectural standards into application design specifications, documenting application specifications, translating technical requirements into programmed application modules, and developing or enhancing software application modules. Identify or troubleshoot application code-related issues. Take active role in code reviews to ensure solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications. Assist with design reviews by recommending ways to incorporate requirements into designs and information or data flows. Participate in project planning sessions with project managers, business analysts, and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Any), Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or as Software Engineer, API Consultant, Infrastructure Developer, Systems Engineer, or related occupation. The employer will alternatively accept a Master's degree in Engineering (Any), Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study plus 3 years of experience in the job offered or as Software Engineer, API Consultant, Infrastructure Developer, Systems Engineer, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires experience with the following: Designing and implementing secure RESTful APIs and microservices using Java/Spring Boot, forming the core of the API control plane and supporting gateway operations; Standardizing API development and deployment practices to ensure rapid, consistent, and secure delivery of API solutions; Defining and designing the overall architecture of applications, including microservices, integration points, and data flow; Architecting and designing scalable, high-performance API gateway solutions including Apigee and Kong, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business requirements; Designing strategies for integrating with third-party systems, legacy applications, and cloud services; Integrating the unified control plane with various API gateways; Providing architectural guidance for API and application development across teams, promoting best practices of API gateways; Developing, deploying, and provisioning gateways, automating the entire lifecycle from infrastructure setup to gateway configuration; Building and maintaining API shared flows and custom plugins in Lua, Java, and JavaScript to enhance product capabilities and integrations; Creating and maintaining custom Maven goals and plugins to streamline API proxy development and deployment from IDEs; Developing and implementing Python automation to validate API proxy bundles prior to deployment, ensuring compliance and preventing misconfigurations; Writing clean, maintainable code and contribute to tooling and operational automation in GoLang, Python, and Lua; Developing automation scripts and tools using Python, Ansible, and Shell scripting for deployment and infrastructure maintenance on private and public clouds; Implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible for consistent, repeatable deployments; Deploying, managing, and orchestrating containerized services on Kubernetes using robust CI/CD pipelines; Installing availability of gateway clusters and integrated components in private and Public cloud environments; Managing, configuring, and optimizing Cassandra and Zookeeper clusters for availability and data integrity; Managing Zookeeper ensembles for reliable service coordination and leader election; Integrating and managing LDAP for centralized authentication and authorization; Owning the full-stack observability strategy, implementing end-to-end tracing, metrics, and logging using Open Telemetry (OTEL), Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, and Grafana; Troubleshooting and performance-tune complex issues across distributed systems; Designing and executing performance tests for APIs and gateways using JMeter and BlazeMeter to identify bottlenecks and ensure scalability and reliability; and Implementing secure service-to-service communication using mTLS, JWT, and OAuth 2.0.  

Job Location: 8181 Communications Parkway, Plano, TX 75024.

Full-Time.