Job location
: Nashville, TN (preferred) or
Columbus, OH
(both locations would be for on site work)

The
Senior APIM Lead
will support the Lead Architect in delivering API platform initiatives. This role is
highly hands-on and will take ownership of API design, implementation, and
governance within
Azure API Management
, allowing the Architect to focus
on higher-level strategy.

Key Responsibilities
:

• 
  Design,
  build, and manage APIs using
  Azure API Management (APIM)
• 
  Implement
  API policies (security, throttling, transformation, routing)
• 
  Support
  API lifecycle: design, publish, versioning, and deprecation
• 
  Collaborate
  closely with the Lead Architect to enforce API standards and best
  practices
• 
  Work
  with backend teams to expose services as scalable, secure APIs
• 
  Troubleshoot
  API performance, reliability, and integration issues
• 
  Support
  CI/CD pipelines and automation for API deployments
• 
  Contribute
  to API governance, documentation, and reusable patterns

Requirements

Required Qualifications (Must-Have):

• 
  Strong
  hands-on experience with
  Azure API Management (APIM)
• 
  Solid
  understanding of
  RESTful API design principles
• 
  Experience
  with
  API security
  (OAuth2, JWT, rate limiting, policies)
• 
  Hands-on
  experience implementing APIM policies and transformations
• 
  Experience
  working in
  cloud environments (Azure preferred)
• 
  Ability
  to operate independently and support architecture direction

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)
:

• 
  Experience
  with
  Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
• 
  Exposure
  to
  event-driven architecture / Kafka
• 
  Experience
  supporting enterprise-scale API platforms
• 
  Prior
  experience working alongside architecture teams
• 
  Prior
  work with Utilities companies.