API and Integration Engineer

in a complex, enterprise-scale environment. The successful candidate will manage the full lifecycle of the migration — including gap analysis, vendor evaluation, implementation, testing, and stabilization — while ensuring secure, high-performing operation of all APIs and related services. The position requires deep technical knowledge of APIs, APIM, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Ballerina, Git, and Azure DevOps, along with strong stakeholder engagement and organizational change management skills. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with proven experience leading large-scale APIM transformations who thrives in collaborative, technically challenging environments and delivers reliable, well-documented, and secure integration solutions.

*** Remote position with occasional on-site visits in Kingston, Ontario ***

*** 6 to 8 month contract ***

Advantages
•Lead a high-impact APIM migration, gaining hands-on experience across planning, implementation, and stabilization.
•Work with modern technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps, Python, and microservices, enhancing technical expertise.


Responsibilities
•APIM Environment Management: Maintain, administer, and monitor the existing WSO2 APIM platform in Azure, ensuring high availability and secure operation.
•Migration Planning & Execution: Conduct gap and vendor analysis, recommend a new APIM solution, and execute migration of APIs and integrations to the new platform.
•Development & Deployment: Build, deploy, and maintain APIs in the APIM platform and containers; implement CI/CD pipelines using Git and Azure DevOps.
•Testing & Validation: Validate migrated APIs for functional parity, security compliance, and performance; create acceptance and integrity reports.
•Documentation & Training: Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and training materials; deliver knowledge transfer sessions.
•Reporting & Communication: Provide weekly and monthly status updates, engage stakeholders, and support organizational change management.

Qualifications
•5+ years managing and implementing APIM environments, including technical support and administration.
•Strong experience with WSO2 APIM and Azure platforms.
•Expertise in APIs, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Ballerina, Git, and Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines, boards, sprints, repo, test plans).
•Proven experience designing, configuring, testing, and maintaining complex enterprise applications.
•Successful completion of at least two large, complex integration/APIM migrations.
•Familiarity with code promotion and branching strategies in Git and Azure DevOps.
•Solid understanding of secure API design, deployment, and operational best practices.
•Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentations to senior IT leadership.
•Strong stakeholder engagement and organizational change management skills.
•Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently or collaboratively.
•Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to manage competing priorities effectively.
•Experience working in Agile methodologies.

Summary
If you are qualified and interested we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.