Senior API Connect & Cloud-Native API Lead

Intellibee; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-Term Stability

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Future Planning (401k)

Green Card support

Job summary

IntelliBee is seeking a senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience and 5+ years with IBM API Connect (APIC). The role emphasizes Kubernetes, containerized cloud-native delivery, and strong API design and security. AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience are highly desirable.

Core responsibilities include leading end-to-end API lifecycle, mentoring teams, and aligning with enterprise standards. Plus, ACE/MQ, CI/CD, and EKS experience are considered strong assets.

Qualifications

• Must-have IBM API Connect (APIC) expertise with 10+ years of integration/API development.
• REST/SOAP service design and API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, TLS).
• JSON/XML/XSLT data formats and Kubernetes orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise API/integration solutions; mentor junior developers; drive end-to-end API lifecycle.
• Guide technical teams on ACE, MQ, OpenShift, CI/CD, AWS EKS; promote enterprise integration patterns and microservices architecture.

Tools

IBM APIC (API Connect)

IBM App Connect Enterprise

IBM MQ

Red Hat OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS EKS

DevOps practices

Microservices architecture

Job description

IntelliBee is seeking a senior technical leader with 10+ years of integration/API development experience and 5+ years with IBM API Connect (APIC). The role emphasizes Kubernetes, containerized cloud-native delivery, and strong API design and security. AWS and Red Hat OpenShift experience are highly desirable.

Core responsibilities include leading end-to-end API lifecycle, mentoring teams, and aligning with enterprise standards. Plus, ACE/MQ, CI/CD, and EKS experience are considered strong assets.