Apigee Developer @ Remote

Title: Apigee Developer

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

Required Skills:

1. Apigee X

2. Azure DevOps

Job Description:

Apigee Developer(s), Enterprise API Engineering & Operations, is primarily responsible for the installation, maintenance, and support of the API Platforms. Unified API Gateway is currently deployed on Azure (AKS) and On-premises (using GKE-on premise Anthos). Other responsibilities include supporting the API teams to build out new API proxies/enhance existing ones using automation pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implements Enterprise API and Integration platforms strategy from a technical perspective, including design, planning, integration, maintenance, and support of hybrid (Cloud & On-prem) infrastructure architecture
• Perform deployment/upgrades of APIGEE Hybrid on AKS clusters using existing automation written in Terraform/python scripts.
• Perform deployment/upgrades of APIGEE X using existing automation written in Terraform
• Enhance automation scripts (Terraform, Python, Ansible) to support APIGEE hybrid/X upgrades
• Support AKS upgrades on the clusters used by APIGEE Hybrid
• Perform periodic capacity planning/infrastructure expansion for APIGEE Hybrid/X
• Monitoring, Alerting, Troubleshooting of APIS deployed on APIGEE Hybrid/X
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with the infrastructure on which the APIGEE Hybrid/X are deployed
• Works closely with the API and Integration platforms architect(s) on activities such as API design, implementation, testing, production deployment and support
• Identify technical dependencies and roadblocks proactively and work with cross-functional teams to remove them

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent
• 6-8+ years of Hands-on experience in Enterprise API Management and Integration Platforms like APIGEE Hybrid, Apigee X etc.
• Hands-on cloud engineering experience (Azure, AWS and/or GCP) building effective cloud technology solutions
• Experience in cloud architecture (cloud infrastructure, storage, networking, security, costing)
• Experience installing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining API Management platforms like APIGEE Hybrid, Apigee X
• Proficient in developing APIs in APIGEE, troubleshooting API failures
• Experience with tools like Postman, JMeter etc.
• Good understanding of XML, JSON, Web Service Technologies (SOAP, REST), OAuth 2.0, Basic Auth, JWT, SSO implementation, XML/JSON transformations, logging policies, KVM, Caching
• Good understanding of implementation of CI/CD pipeline for Apigee
• Expertise in Kubernetes to automate application deployment, scaling and, management
• Experience with containerization
• Experience with any of the Source Control Tools such as Bitbucket, Git Hub etc.
• Experienced with languages such as Python, Go, Bash and/or PowerShell.
• Solid understanding of AGILE principals and methodologies, with experience in the SCRUM and SAFe frameworks