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Our service and solution delivery starts with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance business and technical operations and deployments.\nPosition Summary\nBDR Solutions is seeking an SME Application / API Lifecycle Automation Developer to transform EAG from manual centralized API onboarding to automated developer self-service under EAGMO. This role delivers: Developer Portal, automated onboarding workflows integrated with IRS-owned CI/CD pipelines, Zero Trust governance automation, and observability enhancements. The 75% manual step reduction and 90% automated success rate are formal QASP performance standards - candidates must have documented experience meeting quantified automation delivery targets.\nKey Responsibilities\nAssess current EAG automation capabilities and establish baselines within 60 days of award\nDesign and implement a Developer Portal including searchable API catalog, documentation and specifications, usage instructions, access request workflows, and enterprise IAM integration - Section 508 compliant\nDesign and implement automated API onboarding workflows integrated into IRS-approved CI/CD pipelines: registration, access approval routing, gateway configuration provisioning, policy enforcement, RBAC\nAchieve and maintain a minimum 75% reduction in manual API onboarding steps per the approved schedule milestone (QASP performance standard)\nAchieve and maintain a minimum 90% automated onboarding success rate without manual rework (QASP performance standard)\nImplement standardized API governance automation: specification validation, governance checks, security validation, telemetry validation, and Zero Trust validation gates\nEnsure 100% of newly onboarded and migrated APIs comply with Zero Trust requirements prior to production deployment\nEnhance and maintain AppDynamics and ELK dashboards; develop OpenTelemetry implementation roadmap\nProduce Developer Portal Capability, Automated Onboarding Workflow Implementation, API governance standards, and updated runbooks per the Deliverables schedule\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years designing, developing, and maintaining API lifecycle automation workflows, developer portals, and API governance tooling\nAPI gateway automation: configuration-as-code, automated onboarding pipelines, policy enforcement, RBAC implementation\nIntegration with enterprise CI/CD pipelines within an organization-owned DevSecOps framework - does not own or administer the CI/CD platform\nDeveloper portal platforms: Backstage, Stoplight, Kong Dev Portal, Apigee Developer Portal, or comparable\nZero Trust API security: authentication, authorization, token validation, encryption, API segmentation, least-privilege access\nObservability tooling: AppDynamics, ELK stack; OpenTelemetry familiarity\nActive IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required\nPreferred Qualifications\nDeveloper portal delivery for Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure APIM, or AWS API Gateway\nSection 508 / WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance experience for web portal delivery\nOpen Telemetry implementation experience\nFederal IT automation experience with documented quantified SLA achievement\nThe salary compensation range for this position is $160,000 - $195,000. 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