API Connect Lead - Cloud-Native API & Integration

TMS; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TMS in Lansing, MI seeks a senior API/Integration Lead with 10+ years of experience and 5+ years in IBM API Connect (APIC). The role emphasizes designing and delivering secure, scalable API solutions in cloud-native environments, with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and AWS expertise highly valued.

Responsibilities include leading technical teams, mentoring developers, guiding end-to-end API lifecycles, and ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of integration/API development experience.
• 5+ years hands-on IBM API Connect (APIC) experience.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge in cloud-native environments.
• AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience desirable.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise API/integration solutions.
• Guide technical teams and mentor junior developers.
• Drive end-to-end API lifecycle delivery.
• Build scalable, secure, reusable services aligned with enterprise standards.

Skills

IBM API Connect

Kubernetes

AWS

OpenShift

API security

REST/SOAP

JSON/XML

XSLT

Microservices

Tools

IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

IBM MQ

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Red Hat OpenShift

Job description

TMS in Lansing, MI seeks a senior API/Integration Lead with 10+ years of experience and 5+ years in IBM API Connect (APIC). The role emphasizes designing and delivering secure, scalable API solutions in cloud-native environments, with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and AWS expertise highly valued.

Responsibilities include leading technical teams, mentoring developers, guiding end-to-end API lifecycles, and ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards.