IBM (API Connect) Lead

Intellibee Inc; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-Term Stability

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Future Planning with 401(k)

Green Card support (if required)

Job summary

IntelliBee Inc. seeks a senior API/Integration Lead for Lansing, MI to architect and oversee API solutions using IBM API Connect (APIC). You will mentor engineers, guide API lifecycle delivery, and align services with enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes containerized, cloud-native APIs with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and AWS experience in a fast-paced enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience.
• 5+ years hands-on IBM API Connect (APIC) experience.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge; experience delivering APIs in containerized, cloud-native environments.
• AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience desirable.
• Must-haves: APIC, REST/SOAP, API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS), JSON, XML, XSLT; translate business requirements into technical designs.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

API integration

IBM API Connect (APIC)

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Cloud/AWS

REST/SOAP services

API security (OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect

JWT/TLS

JSON/XML

Mentoring juniors

Tools

IBM API Connect (APIC)

IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

IBM MQ

Red Hat OpenShift

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

IBM (API Connect) Lead, Lansing, MI, US

IBM API Connect Lead

• We are seeking a senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience and 5+ years of hands-on IBM API Connect (APIC) experience.
• The ideal candidate has strong Kubernetes knowledge and experience delivering APIs in containerized, cloud-native environments.
• AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience are highly desirable.
• Must-haves: IBM API Connect (APIC), REST/SOAP services, API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS), JSON, XML, XSLT, Kubernetes, and proven experience translating business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Core responsibilities: Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise API/integration solutions; guide technical teams; mentor junior developers; drive end-to-end API lifecycle delivery; and build scalable, secure, reusable services aligned with enterprise standards.
• Strong pluses: IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE), IBM MQ, Red Hat OpenShift, CI/CD, AWS EKS, DevOps practices, enterprise integration patterns, and microservices architecture.

• We are seeking a senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience and 5+ years of hands-on IBM API Connect (APIC) experience.
• The ideal candidate has strong Kubernetes knowledge and experience delivering APIs in containerized, cloud-native environments.
• AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience are highly desirable.
• Must-haves: IBM API Connect (APIC), REST/SOAP services, API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS), JSON, XML, XSLT, Kubernetes, and proven experience translating business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Core responsibilities: Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise API/integration solutions; guide technical teams; mentor junior developers; drive end-to-end API lifecycle delivery; and build scalable, secure, reusable services aligned with enterprise standards.
• Strong pluses: IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE), IBM MQ, Red Hat OpenShift, CI/CD, AWS EKS, DevOps practices, enterprise integration patterns, and microservices architecture.

Benefits At IntelliBee

• Long-Term Stability: Join us on a multi-year opportunities with room to grow.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access quality healthcare benefits to keep you and your family well.
• Future Planning: Enroll in our 401(k) program and invest in your financial security.
• GC Assistance: We support immediate Green Card processing, if required.

Date Posted:05-Aug-2026