API Analyst

In4Matic; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

In4Matic is seeking an experienced API Analyst to join the Integration Team. You will help strengthen the API and integration landscape, supporting development squads with API design, documentation, and governance.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into API contracts, standardizing naming/versioning, and promoting a composable architecture. Collaboration with analysts, architects, and security teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in functional and technical analysis within IT projects or software development.
• Experience in API analysis, API design, or integration analysis.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, API contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, and JSON.
• Understanding of synchronous/asynchronous integration, event-driven patterns, and middleware.
• Experience with ESB environments and integration platforms (preferably AXWAY and Fuse).
• Knowledge of API governance, lifecycle, versioning, documentation, and reusability.
• Familiar with API security concepts (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, certificates).
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments with development teams.

Responsabilités

• Analyze, design, and document APIs in collaboration with development teams.
• Translate requirements into API contracts, specs, and integration agreements.
• Maintain and improve API standards, naming, versioning, error handling, and docs.
• Review APIs and patterns to standardize and improve reuse.
• Contribute to API governance and ensure alignment with architecture.
• Collaborate with analysts, developers, architects, security, and operations.
• Promote composable architecture to build modular apps.
• Share templates, guidance, and documentation for API development.
• Support the Integration Team as a backing unit for squads.

Connaissances

API analysis

API design

integration analysis

REST APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

JSON

Agile/Scrum

stakeholder facilitation

Outils

AXWAY

Fuse

Description du poste

Our client is looking for an experienced API Analyst to join the Integration Team and help strengthen the organization’s API and integration landscape. In this enabling role, you will support development teams in designing, standardizing, documenting, and governing APIs, with a strong focus on alignment with architecture principles, reusability, and composable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Support development teams in analyzing, designing, and documenting APIs.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into clear API contracts, specifications, and integration agreements.
• Maintain and improve API standards covering naming conventions, versioning, error handling, security guidelines, and documentation quality.
• Review existing APIs and integration patterns and propose improvements for standardization and reuse.
• Contribute to API governance by reviewing designs and ensuring alignment with architectural guidelines.
• Work closely with business analysts, functional analysts, developers, architects, security specialists, and operational teams.
• Help development teams apply composable architecture principles so that APIs and services contribute to a modular and manageable application landscape.
• Support knowledge sharing by contributing templates, guidance, and documentation for API development.
• Help further professionalize the Integration Team as a supporting team for development squads.

Technical Skills

• Confirmed experience in functional and technical analysis within IT projects or software development.
• Confirmed experience in API analysis, API design, or integration analysis.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, API contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, and JSON.
• Strong understanding of integration principles such as synchronous and asynchronous communication, event-driven integration, message queues, and middleware.
• Experience with ESB environments and integration platforms, preferably AXWAY and Fuse.
• Understanding of composable architecture principles and the role of APIs, services, ESB platforms, and integration patterns within a modular application landscape.
• Experience with API governance, API lifecycle management, versioning, documentation, and service reusability.
• Knowledge of API security concepts such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, certificates, access control, and secure API design.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with development teams.

Profile

• Strong analytical mindset and a structured way of working.
• Ability to connect with technical and functional stakeholders and facilitate discussions.
• Clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Client- and service-oriented attitude.
• Result-driven, accountable, and committed to continuous improvement.
• Capable of applying standards while keeping delivery pragmatism in mind.
• Able to support and guide development teams in expanding their API knowledge.
• Previous experience as a Back-End Analyst is considered relevant.

Practical Information

• Languages: Dutch, English, and French.
• Applicants are asked to include a short presentation or document describing an API or integration environment in which they supported less experienced development teams with analysis, design, documentation, or standardization.
• The submission should clearly explain your personal role, how you collaborated with developers, architects, or other stakeholders, and how the APIs fit within a broader integration and composable architecture.

Contactperson & Reference

• Reference #: INW27379
• Marilyn Weytens
• [e-mail]