API Platform Operations Engineer

Sun Life • Waterloo, ON

21h • $65,000 - $105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This strategic role is responsible for participating in the operationalization of Enterprise API Platform solutions. Reporting to the Director, API Platform Operations, API Platform Operation Engineer is responsible for supporting the API platform and Enterprise Event Hub components. The role works very closely with the team of Operations Engineers (across domains and platforms), API Platform Engineering and API Platform Consulting Teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related area.
• 3-6 years experiences in related IT areas.
• Minimum of 2+ years experiences in Application support and Operations as primary role.
• Minimum of 1-2 years development experience with Java
• Experience in implementing continuous integration and delivery solutions.
• Good understanding of DevOps, Containers/Docker, Kubernetes
• Knowledge of REST API design standards, good working knowledge of API design specifications like Open API Spec, RAML.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in AWS cloud, specially in AWS services like EKS, EC2
• Experience working with Kafka/ Confluent technologies.
• Experience with specialized API architecture frameworks, security, patterns, model and delivery.
• Experience with scripting languages to automate operations tasks is a nice to have
• Exposure to using Authentication and Authorization solutions with REST APIs.
• Knowledge of standards like OAuth and OpenID is a plus.
• Working knowledge of API development in AWS Serverless environment working with AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway etc.
• Working knowledge of deploying components on Kubernetes, using Kustomize, Helm Charts and/or K8s operators.
• Working knowledge for CI/CD solutions (like Jenkins, Ansible, CDD Continuous Delivery Director)
• Proficiency in building and deploying solutions with frameworks like Spring Boot, including secure coding practices, load-testing and performance optimization

Responsibilities

• Participate in the operations (support, deployment and rollout of components) in API Platforms both in the cloud and on premise.
• Experience in operations and implementing API framework is a must.
• Participate in the construction, maintenance and continuous improvement of core infrastructure that underlies API operational support including a gateway/service-mesh, runtimes, security.
• Participate in the operations and support of the Enterprise Event Hub with Kafka.
• Participate in the operations and support of the API and micro-services
• Identifying defects in the platform modules, debugging issues being faced and provide effective solutions.
• Participate in designing, running and interpreting performance and load-testing processes and implementing required optimizations.
• Ensure projects are following best practices around continuous integration and delivery
• Partner with business, and API teams to design, develop and demonstrate the value of implementing API Platform components using cloud-based solutions.
• Work closely with the business and technology partners to ensure effective implementation of new technologies that support API Governance and standardization across Sun life.

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level