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SME Application / API Lifecycle Automation Developer
Full Time
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$160000 - $195000 per year
United States
Description

Position Summary

SD Solutions is seeking an SME Application / API Lifecycle Automation Developer to transform EAG from manual centralized API onboarding to automated developer self-service under EAGMO. This role delivers TA5: Developer Portal, automated onboarding workflows integrated with IRS-owned CI/CD pipelines, Zero Trust governance automation, and observability enhancements. The 75% manual step reduction and 90% automated success rate are formal QASP performance standards - candidates must have documented experience meeting quantified automation delivery targets.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assess current EAG automation capabilities and establish baselines within 60 days of award
  • Design and implement a Developer Portal including searchable API catalog, documentation and specifications, usage instructions, access request workflows, and enterprise IAM integration - Section 508 compliant
  • Design and implement automated API onboarding workflows integrated into IRS-approved CI/CD pipelines: registration, access approval routing, gateway configuration provisioning, policy enforcement, RBAC
  • Achieve and maintain a minimum 75% reduction in manual API onboarding steps per the approved schedule milestone (QASP performance standard)
  • Achieve and maintain a minimum 90% automated onboarding success rate without manual rework (QASP performance standard)
  • Implement standardized API governance automation: specification validation, governance checks, security validation, telemetry validation, and Zero Trust validation gates
  • Ensure 100% of newly onboarded and migrated APIs comply with Zero Trust requirements prior to production deployment
  • Enhance and maintain AppDynamics and ELK dashboards; develop OpenTelemetry implementation roadmap
  • Produce Developer Portal Capability, Automated Onboarding Workflow Implementation, API governance standards, and updated runbooks per the Deliverables schedule

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years designing, developing, and maintaining API lifecycle automation workflows, developer portals, and API governance tooling
  • API gateway automation: configuration-as-code, automated onboarding pipelines, policy enforcement, RBAC implementation
  • Integration with enterprise CI/CD pipelines within an organization-owned DevSecOps framework - does not own or administer the CI/CD platform
  • Developer portal platforms: Backstage, Stoplight, Kong Dev Portal, Apigee Developer Portal, or comparable
  • Zero Trust API security: authentication, authorization, token validation, encryption, API segmentation, least-privilege access
  • Observability tooling: AppDynamics, ELK stack; OpenTelemetry familiarity
  • Active or ability to obtain IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Developer portal delivery for Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure APIM, or AWS API Gateway
  • Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance experience for web portal delivery
  • OpenTelemetry implementation experience
  • Federal IT automation experience with documented quantified SLA achievement

Clearance

  • IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required prior to start

Work Location

  • Primarily remote
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