IBM API Connect Lead | Lansing, MI | Long-Term Contract

Tms Llc; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Tms Llc is 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 role focuses on designing, building, and delivering enterprise APIs in cloud-native environments using Kubernetes and OpenShift.

Ideal candidates will have strong API security skills (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS), experience with REST/SOAP, JSON/XML, and a proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable

Qualifications

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

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 and build scalable, secure services
• Align delivery with enterprise standards
• Oversee architecture decisions for microservices and containerized deployments

Skills

API integration

REST/SOAP

OAuth 2.0/OpenID

JSON/XML

XSLT

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Cloud-native

Mentoring

Tools

IBM API Connect (APIC)

IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

IBM MQ

Job description

• Contract

Job Description

Location : Lansing, MI

Start Date : ASAP

Duration : Long Term

Experience Needed: 10+ Years

Location : Lansing, MI. 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.

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