Sygna Solutions

Azure API Management Developer / Specialist

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About the Job
Job Title: Azure API Management Developer / Specialist.
Location: Remote (US Time zone)
 
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Senior Azure API Management / Integration with strong hands-on experience in Azure API Management, AKS, hybrid connectivity, API security, monitoring, and enterprise integration.
The ideal candidate should be able to design and troubleshoot end-to-end integrations between on-premises systems, Azure APIM, Azure Functions/AKS, and enterprise target systems such as SAP.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design, deploy, and configure Azure API Management (APIM).
  • Develop APIM policies for rate limiting, caching, transformation, authentication, authorization, and threat protection.
  • Integrate APIM with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, App Services, AKS/microservices, SAP, and on-premises systems.
  • Design secure Azure-to-on-premises connectivity using VPN, ExpressRoute, VNet integration, Private Endpoints, NSGs, and routing.
  • Deploy and integrate middleware/agents or containerized components on AKS.
  • Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID/Azure AD, OpenID Connect, certificates, and mTLS.
  • Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault and Managed Identity.
  • Design high availability, load balancing, disaster recovery, and multi-region APIM solutions.
  • Implement monitoring using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, APIM diagnostics, and KQL.
  • Configure alerts and notifications for API failures, rate-limit violations, latency, and backend connectivity issues.
  • Automate APIM and integration deployments using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions and APIOps/IaC.
  • Define and manage OpenAPI/Swagger schemas, API versions, products, subscriptions, and API governance.
  • Troubleshoot production issues including 502/504 errors, connectivity, authentication, performance, and backend failures.
  • Work closely with networking, security, DevOps, application, SAP, and infrastructure teams.

Required Skills:
  • 5+ years of hands-on Azure API Management.
  • Azure Functions, Logic Apps, AKS/Kubernetes.
  • REST, SOAP, OpenAPI/Swagger.
  • OAuth 2.0, JWT, Entra ID, OpenID Connect, mTLS.
  • Azure networking and hybrid connectivity.
  • VPN / ExpressRoute / Private Endpoints.
  • Azure Key Vault / Managed Identity.
  • Azure Monitor / Application Insights / Log Analytics.
  • Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions / APIOps.
  • HA/DR, multi-region and load-balancing architecture.
  • PowerShell or Azure CLI.
  • Strong production troubleshooting and communication skills.

Preferred:
  • SAP/ERP integration experience.
  • Terraform/Bicep/ARM.
  • Azure Application Gateway / Front Door / WAF.
  • Service Bus / Event Grid.
  • GraphQL.
  • Enterprise architecture experience.