Request ID: 112236-1
Location: Burlington, MA
Role: Azure API Management (APIM) Engineer - Senior Engineer
Experience Required: 8-10 years
Number of Positions: 2
Name Required Experience
Digital : Microsoft Azure Yes 7 years
Role Name - Azure API Management (APIM) Engineer - Senior Engineer
ROLE_DESCRIPTION -
Technical/Functional Skills Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Azure API Management (APIM) Engineer to design, implement, secure, and manage enterprise API platforms on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Azure API Management (APIM), API security, API governance, cloud networking, and DevOps practices.
The engineer will be responsible for building and operating a scalable API platform that enables secure integration between internal applications, cloud services, partners, customers, and third-party platforms while ensuring reliability, observability, and compliance. Azure API Management supports API lifecycle management, security, governance, monitoring, and developer enablement
Experience Required 5 Years and above
Roles & Responsibilities The engineer will be responsible for building and operating a scalable API platform that enables secure integration between internal applications, cloud services, partners, customers, and third-party platforms while ensuring reliability, observability, and compliance. Azure API Management supports API lifecycle management, security, governance, monitoring, and developer enablement. (link removed) , (link removed)
Key Responsibilities
API Platform Engineering
Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Azure API Management instances.
Implement enterprise API gateway architecture for internal and external APIs.
Publish and manage REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and microservice-based APIs.
Configure API products, subscriptions, versioning, and revisions.
Manage API lifecycle from onboarding to retirement.
API Security
Implement OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT validation, and certificate-based authentication.
Configure API authentication using Microsoft Entra ID.
Design rate-limiting, throttling, quotas, and access-control policies.
Implement mTLS, IP filtering, WAF integration, and API threat protection.
Ensure APIs comply with organizational security and compliance standards.
APIM Policy Management
Develop and maintain APIM policies for:
o Authentication and Authorization
o Request/Response Transformation
o Header Manipulation
o Caching
o Rate Limiting
o Traffic Routing
o Error Handling
o Logging and Monitoring
Platform Governance
Define API governance standards and best practices.
Establish API design guidelines using OpenAPI specifications.
Review APIs for security, performance, and compliance before publication.
Implement policy-as-code and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Monitoring & Observability
Integrate APIM with:
o Azure Monitor
o Log Analytics
o Application Insights
o Sentinel
o Dynatrace (optional)
Build dashboards and alerts for:
o API availability
o Latency
o Failure rates
o Backend health
o Security events
Generic Managerial Skills Strong stakeholder and customer communication.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ownership, accountability, and proactive attitude.
Team collaboration and mentoring capabilities.
ITIL-based service management and incident handling.
Education Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent.
Skills: Digital : Microsoft Azure
Experience Required: 8-10
