API Gateway Developer
Job Purpose:
The API Gateway Developer will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of large-scale complex software solutions at an API Gateway level. These applications are often high-volume mission critical systems and will provide an exposure to a broad range of technologies across all layers of architecture in JAVA API development, RedHat Integrations, Cloud and DevOps practice.
The person will work independently or collaborate with teams across the development unit to understand the functional requirements and translate them into shippable products.
Main Responsibilities:
Evaluate and making decision on credit facility proposals within delegated lending limit (new, renewals, one offs, permanent, amendments, cancellations) received from Corporate and Retail business units in line with specific credit guidelines as set within existing BPR Credit policy/manual/product documents, BNR Prudential guidelines, understanding of market, industry, economic factors, financial statements and recommending those beyond DLA for consideration while ensuring compliance with set TAT, SLAs and quality standards
Perform Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) and DevOps transformation initiatives under the guidance of Enterprise architect.
Develop and create API configurations, Swagger services, and systems integrations on the bank’s integrations middleware stack using JAVA and RedHat Integration technologies & tools to drive business.
Responsible for designing, implementing API solutions, configuration and manage day-to-day operations of the enterprise API Gateway and building APIs that ensure security, usability, and reliability on WSO2.
Monitor the gateway performance and troubleshoot issues with application/channels teams, providing support to Business As Usual (BAU) Teams
Work closely with product owners, business analysts, and solution architects during requirements engineering phase to understand and document functional and non-functional requirements.
Work together with Enterprise Architecture teams to analyse product requirements and design best-fit architectures and solutions guided by BPR policies and industry best practices and standards.
Identify, champion, and implement innovative solutions that exploit existing business opportunities and mitigate existing risks.
Accountable for development and timely delivery of quality applications and software solutions from requirements definition, review of solution design (SDD) and interface specification documents (ISD), user test planning and review, defect tracking, and ensuring closure project.
Specify and ensure application controls are incorporated during design of the software to check on risk exposure.
Responsible for the system administration of WSO2 API Gateway test and development environment. Also, acts as 3rd level administrator for the WSO2 Gateway production environment.
Educational qualifications and work experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Bachelor of Business Admin.
Bachelor’s degree Computer Science or Another related field
Professional qualification:
DevOps tools e.g. Jenkins/Ansible etc.
Certification in Cloud technologies e.g. Kubernetes,
Minimum Five (5) years of experience
