Api Gateway Engineer-b2b

**Job Title**: API Gateway Engineer-B2B
**‍ Job Type**: Freelance
**Location**: Brussels, Belgium
**Work regime**: Hybrid
**Keywords**: Axway API GW, Apigee, & F5-ASM
**Sector**: Our client is a prominent player in the financial sector, recognized for its comprehensive range of banking and financial services. With a global presence, it serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, corporations, and institutions. Emphasizing innovation and customer-centricity, it leverages advanced technologies to deliver tailored solutions that meet the evolving needs of its stakeholders.
**Position Overview**:
As an API Gateway Engineer (B2B), within Agile Production services Tribe will work together with the existing web squads for the technical design, installation, set-up, industrialization, management, support and documentation of the client's API Infrastructure.
You will develop and maintain GW security policies for multiple customer centres within an efficient Agile SDLC for the API Management platform. You will work cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, and Business Analysts, across multiple teams.
**What you'll do**:
Engineer B2B GW & API security policies and configure API Management.
Deploy, configure, tune and monitor Axway / Apigee API Gateways.
Complex policy development using policy studio, used team development feature to support CI-CD workflow, modify environment properties using scripts and configuration studio, created postman collections to support testing
Assist and active participation in production support (incident, problem and change management) for the Application security squad. (+ on-call).
Help clients with digital transformation through API Management and API Security.
Architect solutions with clients, based on company standards and best practices.
Establish and document installations, guidelines, policies and procedures for relevant stakeholders as well customer-facing technical documentation.
**What you bring**:
Experience
At least 5+ years of experience IT Security Engineering Experience
At least 2 years of experience in support of Axway API Gateway systems
At least 3 years of experience in Web security domain with comparable products (Axway API GW, Apigee, F5-ASM)
**Technical Experience**:
Experienced in Axway API Gateway Platform for version 7.7.x
Should have hands on Knowledge on Axway API Gateway Policy Studio, API Manager, API Portal, API Analytics.
Should have knowledge on REST, SOAP WebService
Experience to create Policies based on data routing, URL rewrite, request and response conversion, IP whitelisting/blacklisting, Throttling, external connection with database (MySQL) etc.
Should have worked on API design, API Documentation.
Securing the End Point with API Key, OAuth 2.0 (with JWT, Authorization code, client credentials, Implicit), SSL, Basic Authentication.
API Gateway CI-CD Implementation using Jenkins and Gitlab.
Good working knowledge in Linux environment.
Install, configure, and manage Axway API Gateway and API Manager on Linux servers.
Set up, configure, and optimize Cassandra databases for performance and reliability.
Develop, maintain, and enhance shell scripts to automate tasks, streamline processes, and improve operational efficiency.
Manage server resources, including setting up traps and alerts for memory usage, CPU utilization, and disk space monitoring.
Conduct vulnerability assessments and manage patch updates to keep systems secure and compliant with security policies.
Plan and perform migrations, upgrades for various Axway versions ensuring seamless transitions with mínimal downtime.
Configure and manage monitoring and logging tools such as Dynatrace, Kibana, Logstash, and Filebeat for effective system health and performance monitoring.
Perform continuous performance tuning, proactive monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure high availability and stability of systems.
Document configurations, processes, scripts, and system changes to support operational continuity and facilitate knowledge sharing.
Should have hands of Knowledge on Axway API Gateway Policy Studio, API Manager, API Portal, API Analytics.