java.net.SocketException caused by connecting to an HTTPS Endpoint.

I am developing a service in a thing that sends data to a 3rd Party rest endpoint through https.  And I get this error: 

Wrapped java.net.SocketException: Connection reset Cause: Connection reset

Here's the javascript for the service below:

var url = "https://{url} /{endpoint}";

var content = {
on: true
};

var header = {
Authorization: "Token {key}"
};

var params = {
headers: header /* JSON */,
url: url /* STRING */,
ignoreSSLErrors: true,
content: content, /* JSON */
};

var result = Resources["ContentLoaderFunctions"].GetJSON(params);

Any ideas to how this can be solved is appreciated.  Is it possible that Thingworx is ignoring the ignoreSSLErrors flag?  Thanks.