Integrations Specialist -Datapower and API Connect - - Johannesburg

What you will be doing:

Work within the Platforms and Engineering Gateway technology tribe responsible for the development, design and run of the Datapower API Gateway platform. Apply platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills to produce well-organized, optimized and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features, components of the service and solves complex technical problems with high quality solutions. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations of the Datapower API Gateway Platform
Leverage platform engineering expertise and a working knowledge of specific platforms (physical Datapower Gateway appliances, API Connect v10, vmware, Kubernetes, AWS services) and their constituent parts to positively contribute to platform feature and service designs
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Kubernetes, Python, Terraform
Use and configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via Elastic Search stack, Kafka, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana
Leverage platform (service design and code) and engineering technical expertise to proactively identify risks and prevent defects
Uphold our technical principles of: self-service, scalability, re-usability, resilience & stability in all development practices and deliver feature sets that sustainably deliver on these principles
Enable problem resolution across technical teams, apply and or facilitate root cause analysis, deeply understand the root causes of issues and find ways to resolve them (sustainably)
Optimize, refactor and reuse components to improve performance and maintainability ensuring maximum efficiency, effectiveness, and return on investment
Take accountability for maintaining platform standards and best practices, and drive adoption across multiple service teams
Contribute to a high performance team environment by coaching and mentoring other engineers, support engineering teams on technical solutions and problem resolution, and proactively seek coaching and mentoring from others

What we are looking for:

Completed IT / BSc degree or other related fields
3 years Datapower Gateway experience (admin, operational and development)
3 years API Connect 2018 / v10 experience (admin, operational and development)
3 years coding / scripting languages experience e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash scripting, GoLang, XSLT, Gateway Scripting
3 years experience in Kubernetes architecture, Networking, Security, Deployment, and Management
3 years Infrastructure as code (IaC) tooling experience (like Jenkins, GITOPS, AWS CI/CD tools eg. Terraform, CloudFormation, CodeBuilder, CodeDeploy)
3 years analytics tools and Big Data Platforms experience like Elastic Search, Kafka (Hadoop)
3 years messaging protocols and API technologies experience like SOAP and REST
3 years Web Security protocols experience like OAuth, JWT, OIDC
3 years Networking experience with a solid understanding of Network layer routing and security
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist CKS)
AWS Associate level certifications
IBM Certified Solution Implementer - DataPower Gateway v10
IBM Certified Solution Implementer - API Connect v10

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

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