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Tata Consultancy Services · 2 days ago

Enterprise Architect

Jersey City, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $140K/yr

12+ years exp

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an Enterprise Architect with extensive experience in API management and migration to AWS services. The role involves leading API modernization initiatives, developing migration blueprints, and ensuring security compliance in AWS environments.

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Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end API modernization and migration initiatives from on-prem Apigee to AWS services

Develop and validate API migration blueprints, covering discovery, design, transformation, and deployment stages

Define and implement API governance models, reusable frameworks, and developer onboarding strategies

Drive API security compliance and data protection alignment (e.g., PII/NYDFS/PCI) in AWS environments

Conduct technical workshops and client discussions to assess current API ecosystems and define target-state architectures

Collaborate with cloud architects, DevOps, and application teams to ensure consistent implementation of the migration roadmap

Establish API versioning, documentation standards, and centralized cataloging (via API Gateway or AWS Service Catalog)

Provide strategic guidance on cost optimization, scalability, and performance tuning for migrated APIs

Stay current on API management trends (GraphQL, Async APIs, gRPC, event-driven APIs) and integrate best practices into client roadmaps

Experience in estimating API migration efforts, preparing proposals, and leading proof-of-concept (PoC) implementations

Qualification

API designAWS-native API solutionsAPI security modelsAWS ServicesCI/CD pipelinesContainerized deploymentsAPI observability toolsAPI governance modelsClient interactionLeadership

Required

Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in API design, development, and management, particularly with Apigee Edge / Apigee Hybrid / Apigee X platforms

Proven expertise in migrating on-prem Apigee workloads to AWS-native API solutions (e.g., Amazon API Gateway, ALB + Lambda integrations, AWS CloudFront, or App Mesh-based APIs)

Deep understanding of API security models (OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, WAF, throttling, rate limiting, API keys, etc.)

Proficiency in API proxy design, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, and REST/GraphQL architecture principles

Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines for API lifecycle management using GitLab / Jenkins / CodePipeline

Strong working knowledge of AWS Services including API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFront, WAF, Cognito, ECS/Fargate, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation/Terraform for IaC

Expertise in containerized API deployments (Docker/Kubernetes/EKS) and service mesh frameworks

Experience integrating legacy or hybrid API backends (SOAP, IBM MQ, Mulesoft, or mainframe APIs) into AWS-native architectures

Good understanding of API observability tools such as CloudWatch, X-Ray, Splunk, or Datadog for monitoring and analytics

Minimum 12+ years of professional experience with strong API management and Apigee-to-AWS migration experience