API Solutions Architect: Secure, Scalable Integrations

Doist; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health/dental/vision

401k with company match

Life insurance & disability

Professional development

Cloud dev accounts

Referral bonuses

HQ office perks

Annual social events

Ticket access

Job summary

540 in Arlington, VA seeks an API Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable APIs for DoW modernization. You will collaborate with engineers, cybersecurity, and mission stakeholders to define governance, standards, and reusable patterns using Apigee, Gravitee, and related technologies.

The role emphasizes solving complex integration challenges, delivering interoperable and reliable services that align with enterprise standards and mission goals. Citizenship with DoW clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of API architecture, integration, or software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs for enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Apigee, Gravitee, or 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, 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the API architecture, standards, and integration patterns.
• Design, document, and publish RESTful APIs using OpenAPI and related standards.
• Configure and manage APIs, policies, gateways, developer portals, and lifecycle processes.
• Develop API governance processes including design, review, versioning, publishing, monitoring, retirement.
• Create reusable API patterns, templates, and reference implementations for engineering teams.
• Define versioning and change-management strategies for backward compatibility.
• Develop API documentation, integration guides, and onboarding resources for developers.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to meet functional, performance, and usability requirements.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement authentication, authorization, encryption, rate limiting, threat protection.
• Monitor API usage, performance, availability, and adoption using observability tools.
• Ensure designs align with DoW reference architectures and standards.
• Participate in architecture reviews and troubleshoot API integration issues.

Skills

API design

RESTful APIs

OpenAPI

API governance

Security practices

Cloud platforms

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Apigee

Gravitee

Swagger

JSON Schema

JWT

OAuth 2.0

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

540 in Arlington, VA seeks an API Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable APIs for DoW modernization. You will collaborate with engineers, cybersecurity, and mission stakeholders to define governance, standards, and reusable patterns using Apigee, Gravitee, and related technologies.

The role emphasizes solving complex integration challenges, delivering interoperable and reliable services that align with enterprise standards and mission goals. Citizenship with DoW clearance is required.