Sr. Staff Engineer - API Management

Job Description

Senior Staff Engineer

The Sr. Staff Engineer (SSE) will provide Engineering, Operations & Controls support for API Management Ecosystem management activities related to system software, hardware, performance, ITSM, Resiliency Support & exercise. The SSE is required to perform unsupervised managing required communication and coordination with vendors, technicians, clients, and reporting to management. The role will also provide technical inputs to management decision making in the areas of software, hardware, and performance. The role is required to have thorough knowledge on Risk & Control, Audit Support, Control Domains for API Management platform and expected to expand to any product assigned. This role may include defining networking requirements; performing detailed analysis of various projects and requests; developing designs for projects that have medium to high complexity; formulating procedures; monitoring key performance indicators; and implementing advanced business solutions. It may also integrate systems or operate in a DevOps model depending on the maturity of the organization and/or product.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage Lights on for API Management (Apigee/ DataPower) and have knowledge of IBM ACE, IBM MQ or AWS API Gateway.
• Understand Risk & Control process and able to translate control domains requirements for technology.
• Have thorough knowledge on Change Management Lifecycle including Federal regulations, Vendor Implications and Freeze guidelines.
• Have good knowledge on Virtualization, Infrastructure & Network configurations.
• Ability to navigate with Internal Tech Controls, Internal & External Audit, 2LOD.
• Have knowledge of data center migrations.

Position Responsibilities:
Design & Methodology

• Work closely with business units, application teams, infrastructure areas and vendors to identity, review and evaluate the solution requirements.
• Investigate and propose strategic fits for virtualization, consolidation and rationalization solution opportunities within the infrastructure or business. Propose changes to the technical design solutions as applicable.
• Evaluate and align strategic fit solutions across platforms and solutions specific to system hardware and software technologies.
• Understand, participate, review and influence long term capacity planning and technology investments.

Technical Consulting

• Provide client consulting and planning guidance as applicable for moderate to complex projects.
• Provide consultation and works closely with other functional infrastructure areas/departments on multiple initiatives to meet common organizational/business goals and objectives.
• Participate in and provides consulting to project teams on architectural, design development, integration opportunities, planning of complex systems.

Planning & Organizing

• Map requirements into standard services solution, identity opportunities for integrating to existing or reuse technology and provide cost effective solutions for moderate to large highly complex project/programs/initiatives.
• Review, identify and manage requirements for moderate to complex solutions and do a cost value, feasibility and risk analysis.

Risk Management

• Review, participate, develop and update architectural standards, guiding principles, rationales and strategies.
• Evaluate, review and approve highly complex design solutions for business and Infrastructure project or programs or initiatives.

Administration

• Keep management informed of status of on activities through accurate, timely, and appropriate reporting.
• Actively participate in committees representing the department and/or planning unit.