API Solution Designer

ACENSI is looking for a API Solution Designer for one of their clients based in Brussels :

The team is responsible for identifying standardized reusable APIs and for helping the development teams to build and maintain API’s, reusable frameworks, or solutions for delivering APIs at scale. The API team’s role is pivotal in the rationalization of our application portfolio and in ensuring that APIs are robust, scalable and align the organization’s overall strategic objectives.

Your responsibilities include :

• You’ll work on evangelizing the framework for the APIs in this company. For that you define the reference API’s, testing framework and DevOps strategies.

• You’ll aid the design of highly scalable, resilient, performant API’s

• Interaction with different architects to define the reference architecture.

• You’ll collaborate with application teams that will use the reference API to develop their own APIs at scale. You’ll be responsible to ensure that the frameworks and reference implementation take into account the lessons learned from the other development teams.

• You’ll ensure that the reference API’s security & authentication is robust.

• You collaborate with the development teams to integrate the API.

• You collaborate with your API team colleagues responsible for the platforms to gather API requirements.

• You will maintain the master list of the API’s (API’s to be developed and developed) and liaise with the different teams to gather their future API requirements (demand management).

We are looking for a candidate with the following experience :

• You have 5 years of API architecture experience.

• You have strong negotiation skills.

• Knowledge of .Net 8+ and Docker / Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of Azure Cloud Services.

• Strong team player with good communication skills

• Knowledge of English and Dutch or French is a must with a passive knowledge of the other language.

• Good and clear documentation skills for internal and external audiences.

• Knowledge of GIT is expected, knowledge of CICD platforms & Jira is a bonus

Conformity criteria

• 5 years of API architecture experience.

• background of .NET development

• Knowledge of Azure Cloud Services.

• Knowledge of English

• Knowledge of Dutch or French