Engineer, API Platform

Company
...
Rite Aid
Shift
Day
Job Type
Full time
Requisition
JR041582
Last Updated
2024-10-08
Department
IS Finance HR Support
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior API Platform Engineer with expertise in API Gateway Platform management.  The ideal candidate will play a key role in the daily operations of our API management platform, ensuring seamless integration, troubleshooting, and optimal performance across the organization. You will be responsible for working closely with API development teams, operations, and security users to deliver solutions that enhance the reliability and scalability of our API infrastructure.
Job Responsibilities
  • Design, Build, Maintain, Support the configuration and deployment of the API Gateway across various environments on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the API platform.
  • Provide advanced troubleshooting for any API-related issues, working closely with internal teams to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
  • Continuously monitor API performance and database health, tuning systems for improved efficiency and reliability.
  • Maintain detailed technical documentation for API services, ensuring best practices for API design, security, and scalability are followed.
  • Implement automation tools for streamlining API deployments, monitoring, and infrastructure maintenance.
  • Knowledge of Containerization technologies, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security and Cloud Computing platforms
  • Experience with DevOps culture and practices, including CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
  • Strong teamwork and communication abilities, as well as the capacity to function well in a dynamic, fast-paced workplace.
qualifications

Qualifications

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS 
Education Level
GED
Bachelor Degree

Area of Specialization
Computer Science or Engineering

LICENCES/CERTIFICATIONS
Not Applicable

Technical Skills Required

API Gateway management/configuration, SQL queries, Linux Shell Bash/ksh, CICD Tools, API Testing Tools, Docker/Podman and Kubernetes, Performance Monitoring tools, Log Shipping/Monitoring.


WORK EXPERIENCE
5+ Years in IT Industry Experience with 3 years of API Engineer Role.

COMPENSATION
The compensation for this role ranges from $90-105k

why rite aid

If you want to make a difference, Rite Aid is the right place.

While Rite Aid is big, it still feels small — you and your work are never lost in the crowd. You know the leaders, and they recognize your impact. Teams are tightly knit and agile. Small groups, courageous enough to meet our goals in new ways. You can take your work, your team, or your business to the next level without being slowed down by a ton of process or layers of approval. For anyone with intent to grow, you can reinvent yourself in a new role or take on a new challenge while helping us reinvent Rite Aid and innovate our industry.

Wherever you work in the Rite Aid family, your diverse perspectives and fierce commitment enable us to deliver on the promise of ’whole health for life’ for communities around our country.

And that makes the biggest difference of all.

Rite Aid is on the front lines of delivering healthcare services and retail products to more than 1.6 million Americans each day.

Through our RxEvolution strategy, Rite Aid is re-imagining the neighborhood pharmacy as a destination for total health and wellness – the place where traditional medicine and alternative therapies come together in perfect harmony.

We believe in the power of pharmacy to provide trusted and accessible care that helps our customers go beyond healthy and get thriving. An essential part of our RxEvolution includes empowering our pharmacists to engage more with customers – while also updating our product mix to favor better-for-you and free-from options that our customers value.

Rite Aid Corporation is also proud to be one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. With approximately 2,500 stores in 19 states, we have a strong presence on both the East and West Coasts, employing more than 51,000 associates.

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