We are seeking a highly skilled AWS API Lead Architect to lead the architecture, design, governance, and implementation of enterprise API and cloud-native solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, API management platforms, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and integration technologies. This role will drive API strategy, establish governance frameworks, and provide technical leadership across multiple enterprise initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
API Architecture & Strategy
- Define and drive enterprise API strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Design scalable, secure, and reusable RESTful, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs.
- Establish API governance, lifecycle management, versioning, and security standards.
- Create API reference architectures and reusable integration patterns.
- Lead API-first transformation initiatives across business domains.
- Perform architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
AWS Cloud Architecture
- Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services.
- Build highly available, scalable, and resilient architectures.
- Design hybrid and multi-cloud integrations where applicable.
- Define infrastructure automation and cloud deployment strategies.
- Establish disaster recovery and business continuity architectures.
Microservices & Integration
- Design and architect microservices-based applications.
- Develop service mesh and container orchestration strategies.
- Define synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns.
- Implement event-driven architectures leveraging AWS messaging services.
- Collaborate with application teams to modernize legacy integrations.
API Management & Integration Platforms
- Lead implementation and administration of: Amazon API Gateway Apigee MuleSoft Kong Azure API Management (preferred)
- Define API cataloging, monitoring, throttling, and analytics standards.
- Establish developer portal and API onboarding processes.
Security & Compliance
- Define API security frameworks using: OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect JWT Mutual TLS AWS IAM
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct architecture risk assessments and security reviews.
DevOps & Automation
- Design CI/CD pipelines for API and cloud deployments.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Automate build, deployment, monitoring, and operational processes.
- Implement observability strategies including logging, tracing, and metrics.
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Lead teams of architects, developers, and integration engineers.
- Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to define solutions.
- Mentor team members on AWS, API architecture, and integration best practices.
- Drive architecture governance boards and technical decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
AWS Skills
- Strong experience with: AWS API Gateway AWS Lambda ECS/EKS EC2 S3 DynamoDB RDS SNS SQS EventBridge Step Functions CloudWatch IAM Secrets Manager CloudFormation
- API & Integration Technologies REST APIs GraphQL SOAP Web Services OpenAPI / Swagger Async APIs API Lifecycle Management API Security Standards
- Programming Languages Java Python Node.js JavaScript/TypeScript
- Containerization & Orchestration Docker Kubernetes Amazon EKS Service Mesh (Istio preferred)
- DevOps & Automation Terraform CloudFormation Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Azure DevOps
- Databases DynamoDB PostgreSQL MySQL Aurora MongoDB Redis
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
- Experience with Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, or Telecommunications domains.
- Knowledge of serverless architecture and event-driven design patterns.
- Exposure to GenAI integration through APIs and cloud-native AI services.
- Experience with hybrid cloud and multi-cloud integration architectures.
- Familiarity with Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP).
Certifications (Preferred)
- AWS AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional AWS Certified Developer Associate
- API & Integration Apigee Certified API Engineer MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect Kong Gateway Certifications
- Container & DevOps Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) HashiCorp Terraform Associate
