API Solutions Architect

• 4+ years of relevant API architecture, integration, or software engineering experience
• Experience designing and implementing APIs for enterprise-scale distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with Apigee, Gravitee, or a comparable API management platform
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, API lifecycle management, and interface governance
• Experience developing API specifications using OpenAPI, Swagger, JSON Schema, or similar frameworks
• Experience configuring API gateways, policies, routing, rate limits, security controls, and monitoring
• Experience implementing API versioning, backward compatibility, and change-management strategies
• Experience with authentication and authorization technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, or PKI
• Experience integrating APIs across cloud-native, microservices, or service-oriented architectures
• Strong understanding of API security and secure software development practices
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerized applications
• Ability to analyze integration challenges and develop scalable, maintainable API solutions
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to explain architecture decisions to technical and nontechnical audiences

• Experience administering or supporting Apigee and Gravitee in production environments
• Experience supporting DoW, federal, Advana, or other enterprise data platforms
• Familiarity with DoW architecture frameworks, reference designs, and interoperability standards
• Experience with event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging, and related integration patterns
• Experience automating API governance through linting, contract testing, and CI/CD validation
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, service mesh technologies, or cloud-native architectures
• Familiarity with zero trust and secure API design in classified, regulated, or mission-critical environments
• Currently holds, or is willing to obtain within 30 days of employment, an approved certification such as SecurityX, CCSP, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GDSA, or GSEC

• Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off
• Health, dental and vision insurance plans

• 401k with employer match
• Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Professional development (training, certifications, conferences)
• Paid cloud developer accounts
• Referral bonuses
• HQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches)
• Annual social events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)
• Access to 540’s Washington Capitals & Nationals tickets

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