Azure API Management Developer / Specialist

Sygna Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sygna Solutions in the United States is seeking a Senior Azure API Management specialist to design, deploy, and optimize APIM across on-prem and cloud components, with hands-on expertise in AKS, security, and monitoring.

The ideal candidate will integrate APIM with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, SAP, and enterprise systems, and implement secure, scalable connectivity, governance, and observability across multi-region deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Azure API Management experience.
• Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, AKS/Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of REST, SOAP, and OpenAPI/Swagger.
• OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID/Azure AD, OpenID Connect, and mTLS.
• Azure networking and hybrid connectivity.
• VPN/ExpressRoute/Private Endpoints.
• Azure Key Vault/Managed Identity.
• Azure Monitor/Log Analytics.
• APIOps/GitHub Actions/DevOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and configure Azure API Management (APIM).
• Develop APIM policies for rate limiting, caching, transformation, authentication, authorization, and threat protection.
• Integrate APIM with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, App Services, AKS/microservices, SAP, and on‑prem systems.
• Design secure Azure-to-on‑prem connectivity using VPN, ExpressRoute, VNet, Private Endpoints, NSGs.
• Deploy and integrate middleware/agents on AKS.
• Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID/Azure AD, OpenID Connect, certificates, and mTLS.
• Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault and Managed Identity.
• Design HA, load balancing, DR, and multi-region APIM solutions.
• Monitor using Azure Monitor, App Insights, Log Analytics, and APIM diagnostics.
• Configure alerts for failures, latency, and connectivity issues.
• Automate APIM/CI/CD using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions and APIOps/IaC.
• Define and manage OpenAPI/Swagger schemas, API versions, products, subscriptions, and governance.
• Troubleshoot 502/504 errors and backend connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with networking, security, DevOps, SAP, and infrastructure teams.

Skills

Azure API Management

Azure Functions

AKS

OpenAPI/Swagger

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Azure AD/Entra ID

Azure Monitor

APIOps

Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions

HA/DR & multi-region

PowerShell/Azure CLI

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Title:AzureAPIManagement Developer / Specialist.

Location: Remote (US Time zone)

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Azure API Management / Integration with strong hands-on experience in Azure API Management, AKS, hybrid connectivity, API security, monitoring, and enterprise integration.

The ideal candidate should be able to design and troubleshoot end-to-end integrations between on-premises systems, Azure APIM, Azure Functions/AKS, and enterprise target systems such as SAP.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and configure Azure API Management (APIM).
• Develop APIM policies for rate limiting, caching, transformation, authentication, authorization, and threat protection.
• Integrate APIM with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, App Services, AKS/microservices, SAP, and on-premises systems.
• Design secure Azure-to-on-premises connectivity using VPN, ExpressRoute, VNet integration, Private Endpoints, NSGs, and routing.
• Deploy and integrate middleware/agents or containerized components on AKS.
• Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID/Azure AD, OpenID Connect, certificates, and mTLS.
• Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault and Managed Identity.
• Design high availability, load balancing, disaster recovery, and multi-region APIM solutions.
• Implement monitoring using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, APIM diagnostics, and KQL.
• Configure alerts and notifications for API failures, rate-limit violations, latency, and backend connectivity issues.
• Automate APIM and integration deployments using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions and APIOps/IaC.
• Define and manage OpenAPI/Swagger schemas, API versions, products, subscriptions, and API governance.
• Troubleshoot production issues including 502/504 errors, connectivity, authentication, performance, and backend failures.
• Work closely with networking, security, DevOps, application, SAP, and infrastructure teams.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on Azure API Management.
• Azure Functions, Logic Apps, AKS/Kubernetes.
• REST, SOAP, OpenAPI/Swagger.
• OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID, OpenID Connect, mTLS.
• Azure networking and hybrid connectivity.
• VPN / ExpressRoute / Private Endpoints.
• Azure Key Vault / Managed Identity.
• Azure Monitor / Application Insights / Log Analytics.
• Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions / APIOps.
• HA/DR, multi-region and load-balancing architecture.
• PowerShell or Azure CLI.

• Strong production troubleshooting and communication skills.

Preferred

• SAP/ERP integration experience.
• Terraform/Bicep/ARM.
• Azure Application Gateway / Front Door / WAF.
• Service Bus / Event Grid.
• GraphQL.
• Enterprise architecture experience.