APIGEE Consultant

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to design develop and implement API solutions using Apigee
• Provide expertise in API management security and governance best practices
• Ability to understand pilot implementation plan Reference Architecture Develop governance to adhere to those architecture guidelines CI / CD methodology and processes API Versioning strategy API Monetization strategy
• Develop and maintain APIs in a Microservices architecture
• Optimize API performance and troubleshoot issues
• Ensure the scalability and reliability of APIs
• Integrate APIs with existing systems and thirdparty services
• Implement and maintain API security protocols including OAuth and other authentication mechanisms
• Design and implement RESTful API interfaces
• Develop custom policies and extensions in Apigee Edge
• Facilitate DR (Disaster Recovery) exercises to ensure that the team are fully prepared in the event of a catastrophe
• Participate in API documentation and versioning
• Monitoring & logging tools: AppDynamics Splunk
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical recommendations
• Conduct API testing and debugging
• Provide technical support and mentorship to junior team members
• Stay updated on emerging API technologies and best practices
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for API development processes
• Significant experience in DevOps and the CI/CD process especially deploying API Proxies/Products in Apigee through CI/CD
• Working with infrastructure teams to ensure correct setup of servers load balancers firewalls and monitoring across the board
• Knowledge of administrator services like password rotation certificate renewal Apigee upgrade and other maintenance activities on the Apigee Platform

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
• Proven 8 years of experience as an APIGEE Consultant or similar role
• Strong proficiency in API design and development using Apigee Edge
• Experience using web services APIs built on SOAP or REST and using XML or JSON
• Deployment experience on the following Apigee platforms: Apigee SaaS / Hybrid / Microgateway
• Handson experience with Microservices architecture
• Proficiency in implementing and securing RESTful APIs
• Handson development in the Apigee Platform with deep implementation exposure to policies like Service Callouts Extensions Mediation and Security implementations using OAuth
• Proficiency in Java programming language
• Experience with API documentation versioning and lifecycle management
• Knowledge of API testing and debugging tools
• Strong problemsolving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to work in a fastpaced agile environment
• Certifications in Apigee or related technologies are a plus
• Experience in integrating APIs with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines

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