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Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at-all from Day One.\nJob Description\nWhat You'll Do\nAct as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem, leading engineering efforts across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL platforms.\nDesign and deliver secure, scalable, and highly available API gateway solutions that support critical business applications.\nLead API platform modernization initiatives, including Apigee On-Prem to Apigee Hybrid migrations and cloud-native platform adoption.\nDrive GraphQL platform strategy, architecture, and optimization utilizing Apollo Federation, Apollo Router, and schema governance.\nImplement enterprise API security controls including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, traffic management, and API governance standards.\nAutomate platform deployments and operations using GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code.\nImprove platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and capacity planning.\nPartner with Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Development teams while mentoring engineers and advancing AI-driven engineering practices.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience \nAt least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment \nAt least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure \nPreferred Skills/Experience\nExperience administring and engineering Apigee OPDK (On-Prem) including API management, proxy development, traffic management, analytics, and platform administration.\nExperience engineering and supporting enterprise platforms, middleware, API management solutions, cloud infrastructure, or distributed application environments.\nHands-on expertise deploying and supporting Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS/Kubernetes environments.\nStrong experience with Apollo GraphQL, including Federation, Router, schema design, governance, and performance optimization.\nDeep knowledge of API security including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, and enterprise security best practices.\nExperience building and supporting cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes, Helm, containers, and Azure services.\nStrong automation and DevSecOps skills utilizing GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Python, Bash, and GitOps methodologies.\nExperience with observability platforms such as Datadog, distributed logging, monitoring, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).\nProven ability to lead large-scale platform engineering initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor technical teams.\nThis position is not eligible for visa sponsorship\nLocation expectations \nThis role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.\nIf there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.\nBenefits:\nOur approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:\nHealthcare (medical, dental, vision)\n\nBasic term and optional term life insurance\n\nShort-term and long-term disability\n\nPregnancy disability and parental leave\n\n401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan\n\nPaid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)\n\nUp to 11 paid holiday opportunities\n\nAdoption assistance\n\nSick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law\n\nReview our full benefits available by employment status here.\nU.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.\nE-Verify\nU.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.\nThe salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). 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