Staff IT Analyst III - API Governance Enablement
Staff IT Analyst III - API Governance Enablement
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Job Title:
Staff IT Analyst III - API Governance EnablementLocation:
Block 23What youll do:
The Staff IT Analyst III will be responsible for establishing and maintaining comprehensive API governance frameworks policies and procedures to ensure the secure and efficient management of APIs across the enterprise. This role will address identified gaps in API risk management controls threat modeling lifecycle standards and performance monitoring. This position will develop and institute API-specific policies and procedures that address API identification risk management techniques and responsibility lines to evaluate and assess the controls environment. This role will create maintain and periodically update API risk-based metrics to align with enterprise risk tolerances. The job will play a role in establishing API minimum security requirements to address API-related risks including authentication requirements IP address limiting error handling and alert ruleset management. The role is expected to improve API oversight with the development of an API lifecycle methodology both for internal users and external customers. This function includes generating and formalizing API data flow diagrams for the major API ecosystems. You will be required to regularly track and report to the executive team on risks that exist in the environment and create plans to remediate open risks.- Develop and implement an enterprise-wide API risk management strategy to identify track assess and mitigate risks associated with APIs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across L2 L3 2LOD Risk etc. to ensure alignment with governance policies.
- Establish and enforce API-specific targeted controls including IP input validation rate limiting and authentication.
- Regularly evaluate potential risks and threat vectors specific to APIs.
- Define and maintain API lifecycle requirements standards policies and procedures related to performance traffic design reporting and error handling.
- Balance governance and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as they relate to the API lifecycle management framework.
- Enhance visibility into API performance by ensuring all custom-developed API usage is monitored via managed gateways.
- Provide training and support to development teams on API governance best practices.
- Monitor and report on API governance metrics and compliance.
What youll need:
- 7 years of related experience.
- Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.
- Proven experience in API management governance and security.
- Experience in Operational and/or Development Engineering or Development is highly desired.
- Familiarity with API lifecycle management and performance monitoring tools.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
- Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
- Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations rules and regulations industry standards and practices.
- Advanced in process and data analysis within a specific domain or functional area utilizing demonstrated critical thinking skills.
Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness program. In addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona Alliance Association Bank Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call . When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
Western Alliance Bancorporation
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
