ITG BNPP FORTIS

Position Purpose

Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the teams goal.

As an API Gateway Engineer (B2B), The Application security squad within Agile Production Services Tribe will work together with the existing Web Design and Web Application Firewall squads for the technical design, installation, set-up, industrialization, management, support and documentation of the BNP Paribas Fortis Web Security Infrastructure

You will develop and maintain APIs for multiple customer centres within an efficient Agile SDLC for the API Management platform. You will work cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, and Business Analysts, across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• At least 2 years of experience in support of Axway API Gateway systems
• Design, deliver and support the integration layer between operating systems and business applications within distributed environments for B2B, B2C and Web information exchange solutions.
• Focuses on the integration of web application in the Web Infrastructure for the intranet as well as for the DMZ.

• Assist and active participation in production support (incident, problem and change management) for the Web Security squads.

• Help clients with digital transformation through API Management and API Security.

• Architect solutions with clients, based on best practices.
• Engineer API security policies and configure API Management.
• Deploy, configure, tune and monitor API Gateways.
• Complex policy development using policy studio, used team development feature to support CI-CD workflow, modify environment properties using scripts and configuration studio, created postman collections to support testing
• Produce customer-facing technical documentation.
• Assist technical support in troubleshooting customer issues.
• Proven experience in working collaboratively, coordinating among cross-functional teams and the ability to effectively work with organizational differences and priorities; consistently provide a clear and consistent technical vision to advance project goals.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Recent successful proven experience(s) in similar/comparable scope.

• Knowledge in web and application servers including Apache, WebSphere, experience with e-Commerce, intranet, and extranet development.

• Devops

• Good Understanding of KPS architecture and its relation with Cassandra.
• Setup API Gateway and API Manager.
• Basic knowledge JavaScript, or Groovy or of Core java.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Expert knowledge on web access security concepts
• Strong experience in security of Web Infrastructure in financial services
• Good and proven knowledge on: Web access management, Web authentication practices, PKI, certificates, OpenID Connect, OAuth, TLS, Federated Identity, Networking principles,
• Generic knowledge on: anti-virus, firewalls, application firewalls, load balancers, networks, DMZ,
• Experienced in Axway API Gateway Platform for version 7.5.x
• Should have hands of Knowledge on Axway API Gateway Policy Studio, API Manager, API Portal, API Analytics.
• Should have knowledge on REST, SOAP WebService
• Should have worked on oAuth, Open Id Connect, Mutual Authentication, Kerberos Authentication.
• Should have worked on API design, API Documentation.
• Should have exposure to create Policies based on data routing, URL rewrite, request and response conversion, IP whitelisting/blacklisting, Throttling, external connection with database (MySQL) etc.
• Securing the End Point with API Key, OAuth 2.0 (with JWT, Authorization code, client credentials, Implicit), SSL, Basic Authentication.
• API Gateway CI-CD Implementation using Jenkins and Gitlab.
• Good working knowledge in Linux environment

Specific Qualifications (if required)

• Follows the Customer processes for projects, incident and change management.
• Being standalone and team worker, analytical minded, meet commitment, ability to work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment, flexible, customer-oriented, understand risk awareness.
• Motivated self-starter, process-oriented with high attention to detail
• Quick self-starter, pro-active attitude.
• Good communication skills, Good analytical and synthesis skills.
• Autonomy, commitment, and perseverance.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment.
• Flexibility (in peak periods extra efforts may be required).
• Open minded and show flexibility in self-learning new technologies/tools.
• You are customer minded and can translate technical issues into non-technical explanations.
• You are always conscious about continuity of services.
• You have a very good team spirit and share your knowledge and experience with other members of the team. Working in collaboration with team.
• Client-oriented, analytical, initiative oriented and able to work independently.
• Be flexible and ready to provide support outside of Business hours (on-call).
• Able to take additional responsibility.
• Able to work from base location Chennai/Mumbai (Whichever is your base location) during hybrid model.
• You are flexible and ready to provide support outside of Business hours (on-call).

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills:

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Decision Making

Personal Impact / Ability to influence

Organizational skills

Transversal Skills:

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to manage a project

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent