Azure API Management Specialist

Title: Azure API Management Specialist

Location: Saint Paul MN (Remote)

Duration: 12 Months

Client: State of Minnesota

Description of Project

• The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is seeking resource to work on Workforce Digital Products MinnesotaWorks.net Replacement effort to build an MS Azure database backend and API integrations with legacy systems.
• At a high level the Azure API Management Specialist will streamline API management processes within a tobeestablished Azure ecosystem.
• Their responsibilities include implementing API management solutions configuring API gateways establishing API policies for security and performance optimization and monitoring API usage to ensure efficient operation and identify potential areas for improvement.

Tasks

• Design Azure APIs to pull/push data from and to DEEDs existing digital products to the Azure MinnesotaWorks.net replacement
• Implement Azure APIs for the MinnesotaWorks.net replacement solution
• Set up Azure API Management processes and policies for security performance optimization and monitoring API usage
• Configure API gateways
• Perform performance testing and propose continuous improvement
• Provide knowledge transfer

Desired Qualifications

• 3 years experience on Azure API management
• Experience with designing API systems and management processes
• Experience with implementing API management solutions
• Experience with establishing API policies for security performance optimization and monitoring API usage
• Experience with integrating with legacy systems