Azure API Management Lead or Developer - Only W2

Role Description

Azure API Management Lead or Developer

Location: Louisville, KY (Hybrid)

Job Type: Only W2

Required Skills: Azure APIM, Azure cloud functions, Service bus, API Management, Functions, Service Bus, Kubernetes, Key Vault.

Years Of Experience: 7-10 years experience in an enterprise development environment, 6+ years of hands-on experience with Azure integration/API management, 6+ years of hands-on experience developing in Python

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and develop Azure APIs and applications in Python on Azure integration services (e.g. API Management, Functions, Service Bus, Kubernetes, Key Vault).
• Design and implement new features and functionality.
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness of applications.
• Test and deploy fixes and enhancements to apps and APIs to all environments.
• Analyze project requests and define detailed work items to rewrite existing APIs and integrations and migrate them to Azure cloud services, delegating tasks to lower level team members and resources.
• Troubleshoot production issues in a timely manner and appropriately prioritize support tasks for best business performance.
• Apply GenAI tools effectively to improve delivery speed and quality by crafting prompts, validating outputs, and sharing reusable patterns with the team.

Technical Skills

• Executing migrations of APIs and integrations to Azure-based integration platforms/technology stacks, including refactoring patterns, validating parity, and coordinating cutover to minimize downtime.
• Implementing API-led and event-driven integration patterns using Azure services, including deployment and monitoring tools.
• Automating CI/CD processes and experience using source control tools like GitLab.
• Building and securing APIs in Azure APIM using policies, OAuth 2.0 and Entra, client certificate (mTLS) where applicable, and API governance practices.
• Operating and administering Azure platform components with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (Terraform / OpenTofu), Azure CLI and browser portal UI.
• Troubleshooting using Azure monitoring and establishing actionable observability for APIs in external tools like Splunk.
• Developing containerized Azure Functions and integration projects using Visual Studio Code and deploying Azure Kubernetes containerized integration workloads.
• Expertise in designing and implementing complex data transformations with reusable transformation libraries, including multi-level mappings and translations.
• Writing unit, integration and functional tests for repeatable results.
• Developing and interfacing with MS SQL Server and Oracle DBaaS relational database systems.
• Using GenAI assistants and agents such as GitHub Copilot to accelerate software delivery through effective prompt writing and iteration.