Integration Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an Integration Engineer to design, develop and maintain APIs and integration interfaces. You will support the middleware platform (WSO2) across test and production and work with CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment and monitoring.

Strong problem-solving, communication skills and the ability to guide development teams are essential. You will collaborate with multiple teams, analyze requirements and create detailed documentation while delivering robust, scalable

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Integration Engineer with API design and development.
• Hands-on with inbound/outbound REST/SOAP interfaces.
• Experience with XML technologies (XML, XSD, XPath, XSLT).
• Knowledge of HTTP, REST, SOAP, JSON protocols and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with version control (Git/SVN) and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain APIs and integrations.
• Support middleware (WSO2) in test and production environments.
• Participate in SDLC and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Provide technical documentation and incident management.
• Collaborate with teams on integration solutions and guidance.

Tools

WSO2 API Manager

Mulesoft Anypoint

Google Apigee

Git

SVN

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

You will develop integrations supporting the business capabilities that provide core functionality in running the client business. You will analyze business requirements and ensure that implemented integrations (services and workflows) are effectively integrated into the current technology ecosystem. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving problems and helping development teams become more productive. This position is for you if you enjoy delivering professional working solutions, taking pride in the quality of the solutions you provide and maintain while having fun and being balanced.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain APIs.
• Design and develop with support and reusability in mind.
• Responsible for supporting and maintaining Middleware technology (WSO2) and integrated components in test and production environments.
• Support quality assurance (automated testing and supporting user testing when required).
• Participate during all stages of the software development life-cycle.
• Deploy, test, and maintain integration pipelines for workflows and services using CI/CD
• Improve and streamline processes (including application testing, deployment, and monitoring).
• Help with day-to-day queries from clients and company teams.
• Collaborate with the development teams on the integration middleware platform and provide recommendations and guidance on integration solutions.
• First level of support for all integration issues and manage incident resolution and problem management.
• Analyse the environment to detect deficiencies and recommend solutions for continuous improvement.
• Create detailed technical documentation.

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• Previous working experience as an Integration Engineer for 3+ years.
• 2-3 years of Java coding experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing inbound and outbound integration interfaces with API Web services (REST and SOAP service development skills).
• Knowledge and experience with XML-related technologies (XML, XSD, XPATH, XSLT)
• Knowledge and experience in HTTP, REST, SOAP, and JSON technologies
• Knowledge and experience with Software Version Control systems: GIT, SVN etc.
• Knowledge and experience in API lifecycle management (WSO2 API Manager or Mulesoft Anypoint platform or Google Apgiee)
• Knowledge of Integration frameworks offered by SaaS applications.
• Understanding of integration Security.
• Good analytical and debugging skills.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
• Solid understanding of synchronous vs asynchronous messaging
• Strong leadership & mentoring skills
• Ability to handle stressful situations

Nice to haves:

• Experience development using Spring Boot, Java Streams, Spring Integration, Java Generics, JUnit, Maven, Message Queues (AMQP), and JPA/Hibernate
• Experience using version control systems, such as GIT
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform and G-Suite
• Knowledge of the use of container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of ELK stack (Elastic Search/Kibana)
• Knowledge and experience in databases (SQL)
• Exposure to Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM and KANBAN