Mayur Gharat

Experienced Integration Architect, Subject Matter Expert (SME), and IBM DataPower & API Connect Developer with over 9.5+ years of expertise in enterprise integration, middleware, and cloud infrastructure. Specialized in designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining high-availability integration solutions across AWS (EKS, ECR, ACM) and IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4i). Demonstrates deep technical mastery in end-to-end API development and administration using IBM API Connect (v5/v10) and DataPower Gateway, with strong hands-on experience in APIOps, GatewayScript, IBM ACE, and complex v5-to-v10 platform migrations.

Lead Software Engineer - Vivicta (formerly Tietoevry Tech Services) - Pune

(2022-01)

• API Architecture & Security: Architected and developed complex RESTful and SOAP APIs across IBM API Connect and DataPower using GatewayScript and Node.js; standardized enterprise security protocols including OAuth 2.0, mTLS, and custom threat protection.
• Platform Migrations & Upgrades: Spearheaded zero-downtime platform migrations and upgrades from legacy IBM APIC v5/v2018 to APIC v10 / CP4i, successfully onboarding enterprise services with zero service disruption.
• Cloud & APIOps Integration: Managed containerized API deployments across AWS EKS and IBM CP4i environments; integrated API lifecycle workflows with automated CI/CD pipelines (APIOps) to accelerate release cycles.
• Legacy Modernization & Optimization: Refactored monolithic legacy SOAP services into high-performance RESTful APIs, reducing average latency by 25% and handling millions of daily API transactions.
• High Availability & Observability: Configured multi-node load balancing, HA, and DR topologies ensuring 99.99% system uptime; established real-time monitoring and alerting using cloudewatch and IBM API Analytics.

Senior Consultant - Mindcraft Software Pvt. Ltd - Mumbai

(2018-08 - 2021-12)

• Enterprise Deployments: Led the end-to-end installation, configuration, and security hardening of IBM API Connect v2018 on DataPower across production and non-production environments.
• Complex Integration & Orchestration: Built multi-backend Swagger specifications, dynamic backend routing, and payload transformation policies using XSLT, ESQL, and GatewayScript.
• API Modernization & Integration: Modernized legacy enterprise backend integration flows into lightweight, high-throughput RESTful API proxies hosted on IBM API Connect and DataPower, optimizing data transformation and reducing transaction latency.
• Analytics & Governance: Managed IBM API Analytics ecosystem, establishing key operational dashboards and troubleshooting critical integration bottlenecks across disparate systems.

Software Engineer - Techzert Software Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad

(2017-01 - 2018-04)

• Configured LDAP security registries and managed SSL certificates (Crypto keys, Identification Credentials) for published APIs.
• Executed firmware migrations for DataPower devices and managed IBM PMRs to resolve critical infrastructure bugs.
• Designed and developed complex RESTful and SOAP APIs using IBM API Connect and DataPower, utilizing GatewayScripts and Node.js for advanced logic.
• Implemented end-to-end security protocols, including OAuth 2.0, SSL Proxy Profiles, and cryptographic operations (Encryption/Decryption/Masking).
• Managed the full lifecycle of API Connect (v10/v2018) and DataPower, including administration, object availability dashboards, and environment migrations.
• Streamlined business flows by converting legacy SOAP services to REST and implementing load balancing for application nodes and API Gateways.
• Handled high-stakes deployments, coordinated with backend teams for validation, and performed extensive load testing using SoapUI and Postman.

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication - Mumbai University