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Job order - J0717-2094 - Permanent Full Time
Title API Gateway Engineer
Category Software Development/ Engineering
City Reston, Virginia, United States

Job Description API Gateway Engineer

Position Description
CGI is currently hiring an API Gateway Engineer to join our financial services, team. This is an exciting full-time opportunity to work with the 5th largest Independent IT Services Firm in the World. We’re offering a complete benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid vacation, etc.


Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will help our clients with digital transformation through API Management and API Security.

• Architect solutions with clients, based on best practices.
• Engineer API security policies and configure API Management
• Deploy, configure, tune and monitor API Gateways
• Deliver on-site and remote training to partners and customers.
• Produce customer-facing technical documentation.
• Assist technical support in troubleshooting customer issues.
• Develop and maintain training and workshop material.
• Collect and articulate customer feature requests to Development organization.



Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Mandatory Qualifications:
• 6+ years of experience
• Minimum of two years’ experience with any API Gateway
• Gateway deployment and configuration
• Policy Development
• Debugging and troubleshooting
• Policy Migration
• Knowledge of Web APIs, REST, XML, JSON, SOA/Web services, Internet/network security standards (WS Security, OAUTH, OpenID Connect, JWT, etc.)
• Proficient with PKI, SSL and SSH security implementations
• Proficient with Linux OS – Enough to deploy the gateway, install additional client applications, monitor system resources, etc.

Ideal Qualifications:
• Experience with: MySQL, Identity and access management systems (LDAP, CA Siteminder, Oracle Access Manager); reliable messaging systems (JMS, WebsphereMQ, Tibco EMS); network infrastructure devices (switches, routers, load balancers); Single Sign On and delegated access technologies (SAML, Kerberos, OAuth and OpenID Connect), Apache Web Server
• Previous experience programming with OS-level scripting (bash), XML transformations (XPATH and XSLT) and JAVA coding language.
• Experience with Axway API gateway
• Experience with virtualized environments (VMware Server, VMware ESX/vSphere) and Cloud-based images (Amazon AMI).

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science, Computer/Software engineering or related discipline



Build your career with us.

It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world.

Learn more about CGI at www.cgi.com.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, gender Identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or other status protected by law. CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.




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