Drive Innovation as an Integration Architect in API Governance in DNB!

Banking and finance are undergoing incredibly exciting changes, and DNB is taking an active part in defining the future of financial services and is moving towards becoming a leading technology company with a bank license. To move towards the future and present our customers with new and exciting functionality, we need to strengthen our Integration-capabilities**.**
DNB has a need of an Integration architect to work as a custodian, and your work would be focused on modern Integration design and lifecycle management in both cloud and on-premise environments. This is a key role in our effort to build the future DNB tech platform and adapting to new business models. You would be right in the middle of our Technology strategy execution. Our main focus is on REST APIs and Event based messaging, but other technologies (GraphQL, gRPC and legacy) are also in use.

Position Summary:
Architecture work with focus on integration in DNB with a focus on reusable APIs and Events. API Custodian, a central role in API Governance, together with the other API Custodians, working on API-related principles and tooling, in cooperation with the API Champions across various teams in DNB.
The API Custodians role's main goals are to:

• Ensure a holistic and well governed implementation of APIs in DNB

• Increase API maturity in DNB

• Simplify how our developers works - by improving automation and API tooling

Responsibilites (shared with other API Custodians in API Governance) API

• Maintain and communicate the DNB API Principles and design guidelines, main dialog is with architects and software engineers

• Overall management of API lifecycle across DNB

• Coach, guide and enforce how to design and manage APIs in all lifecycle aspects across DNB

• QA and governance of API design

• Perform API Design Review, and participate in API design when necessary

• Work with the other architects in API Governance and Integration and Flow in maintaining the API and integration blueprint

• Responsible for proactively initiating and implementing improvements within API Governance and DNBs API work

Architecture

• Work on the tech stack, governance and architecture for Integrations in collaboration with other teams working on DNBs cloud platforms, development teams and our Developer Portal team

• Assist architects in different areas to standardize patterns and integration tech stacks for APIs and Events

• Ensure we establish the rights requirements and build the necessary capabilities

Tooling

• Define and help buy/integrate/build the necessary tool stack for API design, schema validation and API management in DNB

• Ensure global standards on tools are adhered too and used for its right purpose

Desired skills

• Experience with developing or designing integration solutions with modern APIs and Events

• Experience with API Gateway products

• Knowledge of information architecture

• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps

A good understanding of other established integration and API technologies like SOAP and MQ would also be beneficial as well as knowledge of the financial sector.

What we can offer:
Challenging tasks that allow you to grow professionally in a new team, competitive terms, a strong engineering culture, and good career opportunities.

Our HR system is down for maintenance on the 17th and 18th of May, so it will not be possible to apply for the position in that period, but the portal will be open for application again on Monday May 19th.