Transform Your Career as an API Specialist

Job Opportunity Come to a leading IT service provider and transform your career in the rapidly evolving field of software development. Why choose this opportunity? Here, you can expect an environment that fosters unlimited learning and growth opportunities. The ideal place to expand your ideas through the right tools, contributing to success in a collaborative setting. We are looking for an API specialist who wants to grow their career. The API Specialist is a pivotal role responsible for implementing API design principles to create scalable, secure, and consumer-centric APIs. The candidate will focus on designing API specifications and frameworks that ensure seamless developer experiences while meeting customer API standards and architectural guidelines. Responsibilities Adopt an API-first approach: Leverage OpenAPI (Swagger), RAML, or AsyncAPI specifications to define APIs before implementation, ensuring clarity and alignment across stakeholders. API specification creation: Design API specifications that adhere to industry standards, covering endpoints, data structures, error handling, and response codes. Policy design and configuration: Define and configure API policies (security, routing, transformation, throttling, etc.) using tools like Azure API Management (APIM). Mock API development: Create mock APIs for early-stage validation and testing to facilitate integration and feedback before development. API testing: Perform unit testing of API specifications to ensure functionality, reliability, and adherence to defined standards. Environment configuration: Configure API backend settings within APIM (naming conventions, App Insights, Key Vault) in DEV, UAT, and PRD environments. API deployment: Deploy draft APIs into the Azure APIM Dev instance and promote them across DEV, UAT, and PRD environments using the API DevOps framework. Documentation: Create comprehensive API documentation, including references, developer guides, and examples, in line with customer standards. Metadata publishing: Publish API identity cards (metadata, usage information) to the Azure API Management Developer Portal to enable easy discovery and adoption by consumers. API Consumer Onboarding Secure authentication setup: Configure OAuth/OpenID Connect to ensure secure authentication and authorization for API consumers. Subscription key management: Share API subscription keys securely with consumers and maintain robust tracking mechanisms. Integration testing support: Collaborate with API consumers during integration testing to resolve issues and provide guidance on proper usage. Testing & Validation Functional testing: Conduct and support API functional, integration, and performance testing to validate API readiness and scalability. Mock and staging environment management: Ensure availability of mock services and staging environments for API testing and feedback gathering. Required Skills and Qualifications API design first expertise: Proficient in designing APIs using OpenAPI, SwaggerHub, or similar tools with a focus on consumer-first design principles. Azure API Management: Deep experience in configuring and managing APIs using Azure API Management. Security standards: Strong knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and API key management best practices. Documentation excellence: Skilled in creating developer-friendly documentation and API identity cards. Testing proficiency: Familiarity with API testing frameworks and methodologies to validate functionality and performance. Proficient in using Postman tool. Benefits Professional development and constant evolution of your skills, always in line with your interests. Opportunities to work outside Brazil. A collaborative, diverse, and innovative environment that encourages teamwork. Health insurance. Dental Plan. Life insurance. Transportation vouchers. Meal/Food Voucher. Childcare assistance. Gympass. TCS Cares – free 0800 that provides psychological assistance (24 hrs/day), legal, social, and financial assistance to associates. Partnership with SESC. Reimbursement of Certifications. Free TCS Learning Portal – Online courses and live training. International experience opportunity. Discount Partnership with Universities and Language Schools. Bring Your Buddy – By referring people you become eligible to receive a bonus for each hire. TCS Gems – Recognition for performance. Xcelerate – Free Mentoring Career Platform. We promote an inclusive culture, we always work for equity. This applies to gender, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, religion, race, ethnicity. All our opportunities are based on these principles. We think of different actions of inclusion and social responsibility, in order to build a company that respects individuality.