APIC / DataPower Designer
📍 Location: Saudi Arabia (Onsite)
👤 Experience: 8–12+ Years
**Role Summary**
We are seeking a highly skilled APIC / DataPower Designer to design, develop, and manage secure API solutions using IBM API Connect (APIC) and IBM DataPower Gateway. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in API architecture, security, and integration patterns within enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise API architecture using IBM API Connect (APIC v10)
- Develop and configure IBM DataPower Gateway services (MPGW, WSP, XML Firewall)
- Build and manage API lifecycle – design, publish, versioning, governance, and deprecation
- Define and enforce API security policies (OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, SSL/TLS, SAML)
- Develop assembly flows, custom policies, and transformations (XSLT, GatewayScript)
- Integrate APIs with backend systems (REST, SOAP, IBM MQ, Kafka, microservices)
- Implement traffic management policies (rate limiting, throttling, caching)
- Configure AAA policies (Authentication, Authorization, Auditing) in DataPower
- Manage certificates, crypto objects, and secure communication channels
- Drive CI/CD integration and automated deployments using DevOps tools
- Monitor and optimize API performance, scalability, and high availability (HA/DR)
- Troubleshoot issues using DataPower probes, logs, and APIC analytics
- Collaborate with architecture, security, and DevOps teams to enforce best practices
