What are the responsibilities and job description for the API Lead Architect position at Verizon?
When you join Verizon
Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.
What you’ll be doing...
Verizon is undergoing a transformation from a telecommunications company to a technology company, and we are in search of the next generation of leaders to help us drive forward. An important piece of this initiative is transformation to an API-first approach. With products at different stages of this journey-monolithic, API-last, API-first we need a team that can help set the right culture, process for this transformation.
As a Rest API Architect, the person will be responsible for:
- Designing API facades, and designing and implementing API Proxies, and Developer portal.
- Ensuring security of APIs using Oauth, SAML, Open ID Connect and etc.
- Creating design principles and best practices in implementing REST APIs.
- Providing guidance on API tools that the platform should implement for producers and consumers of API’s
- Providing subject matter expertise to product, technology and development teams for API transformation.
- Transforming key products/ domains in Verizon’s Technology and Product Development to API-first methodology, offering external grade API’s.
- Creating governance process, standards, guidelines needed for APIs in collaboration with domain architects and Technology Product managers.
- Building strong cross-functional partnerships at multiple levels within the company, including commercial, engineering, marketing, sales, and services.
Where you’ll be working…
This hybrid role will have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days as set by the manager.
What we’re looking for...
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Six or more years of relevant work experience.
- Six or more years of experience working on mobile technologies/applications.
- Experience in enterprise and backend architecture.
- Experience in developing and architecting enterprise applications.
- Experience in API Products like APIGEE in designing API facades, and designing and implementing API Proxies, and Developer portal.
- Experience in securing APIs using Oauth, SAML, Open ID Connect and etc.
- Experience in design principles and best practices in implementing REST APIs.
- Experience in working with and writing Swagger definitions.
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
- Master of Business Administration.
- Hands on experience building and launching API products.
- Worked across organization to build enterprise level architecture and standards for organization to adopt.
If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.
Salary : $143,000 - $181,000
