Senior Services Consultant, API

Digital technology is no longer just another tool in the IT, marketing, sales or service toolbox to engage, inspire and attract customers. It is becoming the foundation of entirely new ways of doing business as well as giving rise to entirely new businesses. There could be 100 billion connected devices expected by 2025, leading towards a trillion sensor ecosystem. 1 billion digital natives are expected to join the workforce over the next 7 years. In a hyper-connected era of mobile, social, cloud, big data, and the Internet of Things, future growth will depend on platform business models.

Axway (Euronext: AXW.PA) is a catalyst for transformation. With Axway AMPLIFY™, our cloud-enabled data integration and engagement platform, leading brands better anticipate, adapt and scale to meet ever-changing customer expectations. Our unified, API-first approach connects data from anywhere, fuels millions of apps and delivers real-time analytics to build customer experience networks. From idea to execution, we help make the future possible for more than 11,000 organizations in 100 countries. To learn more about Axway, visit www.axway.com.

• Collaborate with members of Axway teams as well as client-side resources
• Install Axway API Management solution in high availability environments
• Conduct deployment and optimization tasks across the full API Management life cycle including design, creation, orchestration, protecting, security, deployment, promotion and monitoring
• Mentor (informal enablement) and train (formal classrooms) clients on solutions
• Assess existing customer implementations and provide recommendations / best practices
• Analyze and execute significant infrastructure updates and product upgrades

• Excellent interpersonal verbal & written communication skills
• Ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• High standard for solution and process quality, strong attention to detail
• Ability to self-manage, self-learn and independently deliver results

Technical Critical Requirements

• Experience in system and/or application administration (Windows, Unix)
• Experience with tools in the Software Development Life Cycle including: source control, build systems, issue tracking, and requirements management
• API Management Concepts
• PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and X509 certificates
• HTTP and related technologies experience
• Experience building and using web APIs (SOAP, XML, REST, JSON)
• Experience testing web-based APIs (APIs based on REST architecture)
• Experience in the web application security and federated identity industry
• SAML, WS-Fed, WS-Trust Oauth, OpenID, XACML, Kerberos
• Experience with Databases (Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra)
• Understand cloud related technologies

Technical Optional Requirements (nice to have)

• Experience with API Management PlatformsAxway/Vordel APIGateway, Apigee, CA/Layer 7 APIGateway
• Web application development experience
• Microsoft ADFS, CA SiteMinder, Oracle Access Manager
• Experience with one or more scripting language (Shell (Bash), Groovy, Javascript, Python)
• Experience with Mobile development
• Experience with network concepts (OSI Layer) and tools (Wireshark)
• SaaS Application Integration
• Cloud: AWS, Azure
• Strong understanding of container concepts (Docker)
• DevOps: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins

Axway is an AA and EEO Employer