API Analyst: Design, Security & Performance (Hybrid)

Palo IT; Palo Amarillo; Hybrid; MXN 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

PALO IT is hiring an API Analyst to manage the full lifecycle of APIs provisioned from middleware. The role is in a technology consultancy with 400+ experts across 9 countries, blending technical, operational, and governance skills to ensure availability and security.

You will translate business requirements into API specs, design contracts (REST, SOAP, GraphQL) with OpenAPI, document interfaces, and validate functionality with tests.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of API Analyst experience.
• Proficient in API design and implementation using Mulesoft and AWS.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and Jira.
• Certification in Mulesoft.
• Intermediate to advanced level of English.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements, translating them into technical specifications for APIs (endpoints, methods, payloads).
• Design APIs by defining contracts (REST, SOAP, GraphQL) following standards such as OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation to assist internal teams or third parties in integrating services.
• Validate API functionality through functional, load, and security testing using tools like Postman or SoapUI.
• Use dashboards to report insights and collaborate during the implementation phase with internal and external teams.

Skills

API design

Mulesoft

AWS

Agile/Jira

English

MuleSoft certification

Tools

Mulesoft

AWS

Job description

PALO IT is hiring an API Analyst to manage the full lifecycle of APIs provisioned from middleware. The role is in a technology consultancy with 400+ experts across 9 countries, blending technical, operational, and governance skills to ensure availability and security.

You will translate business requirements into API specs, design contracts (REST, SOAP, GraphQL) with OpenAPI, document interfaces, and validate functionality with tests.