IES Integration Engineer – APIs, Microservices

Job Description: • Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations supporting data exchange across IES and external systems (e.g., SSA, CMS, IRS, FNS) • Implement secure, standards-based interfaces using OAuth, SAML, or mutual TLS for authentication and authorization • Collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy, monitor, and support integrations within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or hybrid) • Ensure integration performance, resilience, and scalability, including error handling, retries, and failover management • Implement monitoring and alerting frameworks for proactive issue detection and resolution • Work closely with enterprise architects and data governance teams to align integration design with security and compliance standards (HIPAA, NIST, IRS Pub 1075) • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices to enable automated testing, deployment, and version control of integration components. Requirements: • 5–10 years of experience in integration engineering or middleware development • Hands-on expertise in Java or .NET for building and managing APIs and microservices • Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) • Proven experience developing REST APIs, SOAP services, or message-driven integrations using tools such as MuleSoft, Apigee, Azure API Management, or AWS API Gateway • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and DevSecOps principles • Familiarity with eligibility systems, Medicaid enterprise integrations, or federal data hubs preferred • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and documentation skills with an emphasis on secure, reusable design • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event-streaming platforms preferred • Knowledge of API versioning, lifecycle management, and automated contract testing preferred • Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns (EIP) and API-first architecture design preferred • Prior exposure to federal or state compliance standards (HIPAA, IRS, CMS MARS-E). Benefits: Apply tot his job