API Data Management Specialist

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Detail information about job API Data Management Specialist. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Market leading Superannuation Fund
• Genuine Career Opportunity
• Sydney CBD Location

About Us

As one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, Rest plays a role in the futures of around one in six working Australians. Our people are committed to delivering real benefits for our customers and making a difference as their fund for life – from their first job to their last. As a profit-to-member fund, we put our members first and pride ourselves on living our values of customer focus, collaboration, courage, integrity and trust.

Now you can be part of the team making a difference in people’s lives

About the Job

In this newly created role you’ll work with a variety of stakeholders, including vendors, to provide technical support, undertake solutions maintenance, contribute to online solutions design and a focus on API’s and other data integrations. You’ll do so in a way that supports data management frameworks, practices and standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Day to day management and resolution of all integration gateways and API incidents and requests according to agreed SLA’s
• Create and maintain a master catalogue of API’s including their use in customer and business facing applications
• Coordinating maintenance and support activities with external vendors and internal stakeholders in a professional and quality manner
• Ensure alignment of integration gateways and API design with Rest’s technology and business requirements in consultation with relevant stakeholders
• Implement and manage deployment of changes to all integration gateways and API environments including developing, writing and/or maintaining technical documentation and training for supported solutions
• Create test scripts and undertake release verification testing for all integration gateways and API upgrades and deployments to ensure systems reliability and minimal business disruptions

About You:

Ideally, you’re already a technical support role for API’s looking to take a step up or looking to join a market leader. Aside from highly-developed communication skills, high attention to detail, organisational skills, the ability to work alone and in a team, and ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously, you’ll also bring to us:

• Tertiary Qualifications or Equivalent experience in IT
• Solid understanding of integration infrastructures and API’s, WSO2 is highly desirable
• 2+ years Linux system admin experience
• Proven experience monitoring, analysing, troubleshooting and resolving API incidents, problems and root causes
• Proven experience coordinating and executing change for integration gateways and API upgrades and patching according to defined outage parameters
• Demonstrated experience writing test scripts and performing testing for new and upgraded integrations gateways and API solutions
• Experience with work management tools such as JIRA

At Rest we believe that everyone has the power to make a difference and we offer an inclusive and diverse environment that values the qualities and backgrounds that our people bring to the team. We encourage open and diverse thinking, collaboration, innovation and high performance.

If this sounds like you, apply here by submitting your resume and a covering letter summarising your experience and outlining why you are interested in the role. Applications that include a cover letter will be prioritised. Learn more about your next opportunity at Rest to create happier tomorrows for our customers and in your own life at http://www.rest.com.au/about-rest/careers

Please note only people with the right to work permanently in Australia will be considered.