AWS API Gateway Eng- Systems Integration Senior Specialist

Req ID: 394910 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a AWS API Gateway Eng- Systems Integration Senior Specialist to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Nādu (IN-TN), India (IN).

Job Description – AWS API Gateway Engineer / Developer

Day to Day Job Duties

(What this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)

• Design, develop, configure, and support enterprise APIs using Amazon API Gateway across development, test, and production environments.
• Build and manage REST APIs, HTTP APIs, and WebSocket APIs to securely expose backend applications, microservices, serverless workloads, and enterprise services.
• Configure API Gateway capabilities including resources, methods, stages, integrations, authorizers, throttling, caching, usage plans, API keys, request/response mappings, custom domains, and access logging.
• Integrate API Gateway with AWS services including AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS workloads, Application Load Balancers, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, and other backend services.
• Implement secure API authentication and authorization using AWS IAM, Amazon Cognito, Lambda Authorizers, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, certificates, and enterprise identity providers.
• Design and implement API security controls including AWS WAF, resource policies, private APIs, VPC Links, mTLS, throttling, rate limiting, and encryption.
• Develop and maintain OpenAPI / Swagger specifications, API contracts, versioning standards, and reusable API patterns.
• Automate provisioning and configuration of API Gateway and associated AWS services using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Integrate API deployments into enterprise CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar DevOps platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, CloudTrail, and related observability tools.
• Troubleshoot API latency, authorization failures, integration errors, timeouts, networking issues, throttling, and production incidents.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, application teams, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to define and enforce API architecture, governance, and security standards.
• Optimize APIs for availability, scalability, resilience, performance, cost efficiency, and operational supportability.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, security reviews, release planning, production deployments, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain technical documentation, API standards, operational procedures, reusable templates, deployment guides, and support documentation.

Basic Qualifications

(Skills required for this job with minimum years of experience)

• Minimum 6+ years of overall IT / software engineering experience involving enterprise application integration, API development, middleware, cloud engineering, or distributed systems.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience with Amazon API Gateway, including design, development, configuration, deployment, and production support.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience developing RESTful APIs and Web Services, with strong knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, JSON, REST principles, and OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on AWS cloud experience, preferably involving Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, VPC, Route 53, ECS/EKS, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, and related AWS services.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience implementing API security, including IAM authorization, Cognito, Lambda Authorizers, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, API keys, and certificate-based authentication.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience configuring API Gateway integrations, including Lambda proxy integration, HTTP proxy integration, service integrations, VPC Link, and private APIs.
• Minimum 2+ years of DevOps / CI/CD experience using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI/CD, or equivalent tools.
• Minimum 2+ years of Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or equivalent technologies.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, API governance, versioning, security, resiliency, scalability, throttling, and performance optimization.
• Experience troubleshooting distributed application and API issues using CloudWatch Logs, metrics, tracing, correlation IDs, and AWS X-Ray.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking concepts including VPCs, subnets, security groups, Route 53, PrivateLink, load balancers, and VPC endpoints.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with developers, architects, security teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.

Travel

Travel requirements will be based on project and U.S. Bank business needs and are expected to be limited unless required for key planning, implementation, or stakeholder activities.

Degree

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to Have

(But not a must)

• Experience working in banking, financial services, payments, or another highly regulated enterprise environment.
• Experience designing APIs within large-scale hybrid-cloud and multi-account AWS environments.
• Experience with AWS Lambda and event-driven / serverless architectures.
• Experience with Amazon EKS, ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architectures.
• Experience integrating API Gateway with Application Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Step Functions, DynamoDB, and Kinesis.
• Experience implementing AWS WAF, Shield, Secrets Manager, KMS, PrivateLink, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience with multi-region API architectures, disaster recovery, active-active deployment patterns, and high-availability design.
• Knowledge of OWASP API Security Top 10, secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and financial-services security controls.
• Experience with other API management technologies such as Azure API Management, Apigee, MuleSoft, Kong, or IBM API Connect.
• Programming or scripting experience using Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, or Shell scripting.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Developer – Associate, Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Security – Specialty.
• Previous technical lead, API platform engineering, or cloud integration lead experience.

Primary Skill Summary

AWS API Gateway | REST APIs | HTTP APIs | WebSocket APIs | AWS Lambda | IAM | Cognito | Lambda Authorizers | OAuth 2.0 | JWT | Terraform | CloudFormation | AWS CDK | CI/CD | CloudWatch | AWS X-Ray | VPC Link | Private APIs | AWS WAF | API Security | API Governance

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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