Principal API & Cloud Integration Architect, OCI

Navy Federal Credit Union; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an ETS Principal Engineer to design, modernize, and scale API and integration capabilities for the enterprise core banking ecosystem in a cloud-native OCI environment.

The role emphasizes secure, reusable API services, automated pipelines, and engineering excellence across security, testing, and operations teams to support millions of member interactions. Based in the Pensacola area with hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, API engineering, cloud engineering, integration engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• Experience with API management platforms such as OCI API Gateway, MuleSoft, or similar technologies.
• Advanced experience designing, developing, and supporting RESTful APIs and enterprise integration solutions.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, security, governance, versioning, and service design best practices.
• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or comparable DevOps platforms.
• Experience developing automated testing frameworks for APIs and integrations using Postman, Newman, or similar tools.
• Strong scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, or equivalent programming languages.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services and cloud-native deployment practices.
• Experience working with event-driven architectures, service integrations, messaging technologies, and distributed systems.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and operational support processes for enterprise applications.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across application, integration, infrastructure, and deployment layers.
• Effective communication, collaboration, organization, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise API and integration solutions that enable secure, scalable, and reliable core banking services.
• Define and promote API engineering standards, integration patterns, governance practices, and reusable frameworks across the Core Banking ecosystem.
• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native integration solutions leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and modern API management technologies.
• Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate build, testing, deployment, and release activities for API and integration services.
• Build and maintain automated API regression, functional, and integration testing capabilities using tools such as Postman, and related testing frameworks.
• Develop automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies to improve operational efficiency, system reliability, and deployment consistency.
• Partner with application, architecture, infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver secure, resilient, and supportable integration services.
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices, including automated testing, code quality validation, security scanning, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Lead technical investigations and resolution efforts for complex production issues affecting APIs, integrations, and core banking services.
• Establish monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational health metrics for critical integration and API platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and integration approaches to improve platform capabilities and engineering efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams while fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Maintain architecture documentation, operational runbooks, engineering standards, and implementation guidance.
• Support release planning, production readiness reviews, operational support activities, and continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to strategic modernization efforts supporting Navy Federal's core banking transformation roadmap.

Skills

API engineering

Cloud engineering

DevOps practices

CI/CD

Automation

Scripting

Security

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OCI API Gateway

MuleSoft

Postman

Newman

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an ETS Principal Engineer to design, modernize, and scale API and integration capabilities for the enterprise core banking ecosystem in a cloud-native OCI environment.

The role emphasizes secure, reusable API services, automated pipelines, and engineering excellence across security, testing, and operations teams to support millions of member interactions. Based in the Pensacola area with hybrid work options.