Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Essential Responsibilities

Design, build, maintain and support the Apigee infrastructure

Maintain and support the existing IBM Datapower API Gateway infrastructure

Lead analytical and consulting working sessions to solve technical problems faced by the application teams trying to onboard to Apigee and/or the IBM Datapower  Gateway

Facilitate DR (Disaster Recovery) exercises to ensure that the team are fully prepared in the event of a catastrophe

Lead Capacity Planning and Management activities on incoming Apigee projects requests

Help troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to the Apigee platform and the IBM Datapower  Gateway.

Lead root cause analysis session to understand what causes particular issues in Production and come up with solutions that will prevent them from happening in the future

Ensure documentation is created and remain updated for Apigee and/or IBM Datapower  Gateway related work

Build relationships with the client application teams to understand their business needs and requirements for the Apigee Platform 

Mentor Junior Engineers to acquire Apigee knowledge and more experiences

Required Qualifications

Strong troubleshooting skills in the API Management and Gateway space (Mainly Apigee).

Apigee and/or IBM Datapower API Gateway Knowledge - Infrastructure build and maintenance, Gateway setup, Oauth configuration

Knowledge on Policy creation/Template development and operational support within Apigee and/or IBM Datapower API Gateway.

Basic knowledge of Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security; Cloud platforms (Ideally GCP)

Infrastructure automation in GCP

Ability to create custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python on the Apigee platform

Strong understanding of UNIX operating systems and Shell Scripting

Experience with CICD Tools (Jenkins, GitHub)

Good understanding of REST API and JSON

Knowledge of existing API Testing Tools (Postman, SoapUI, or any equivalent tools)

Experience with high availability, load balancing and failover configurations with Apigee

Experience in designing and implementing API platform for high traffic API solutions

Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the Apigee platform

Experience with Apigee Management APIs and integration to the enterprise systems including Infrastructure & Application monitoring, Approval, Authorization and Authentication, Logging, and Continuous integration/Continuous Deploy (CI/CD), and Developer Portal, etc.

Have previously worked on an enterprise platform team that supports multiple Software Development product teams

Bachelor's Degree in related field or sufficient prior experiences

4 years of experience supporting Apigee as a Platform

Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform

Basic understanding of Cassandra and Zookeeper

Basic understanding of Python scripts and be able to update them if needed

 3 Years of experience with JavaScript

Preferred Qualifications

DataPower experience

Agile Experience

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.