Apigee Architect

Compunnel Inc. - Apigee Architect

Principal duties/Roles and responsibilities:



Looking for a motivated, talented, and experienced Senior API platform Architect/developer, who is passionate about innovation, to help build and run a highly efficient, scalable, and customizable API Management Platform for our services

Will develop and maintain APIs for multiple lines of business within an efficient Agile SDLC and act as an advocate for the API Management platform.

Work cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, Business Analysts, and Service Managers across multiple teams in a rapidly evolving environment.

Partner with and enable business app developers to evangelize the use of SOA best practices by focusing on scalability, maintainability, and reuse. The high-level goal of this position is to accelerate customer adoption and increase customer engagement of the API Management Platform.

End to End API delivery which includes Planning, Design, Development, Testing, and Delivery of API(s).

Architect, design, and implement of Apigee Edge suite of products

Implements API management solutions using Apigee to include API proxies, security and analytics

Design and develop REST APIs using API Management platform. Create REST API documentation

Implement requirements of the API layer like security, custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications etc. using the API management platform

Standardize the CI/CD setup for API management tools and automated deployment

Create custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node JS, Python, etc. in the API management platform

Implement API monitoring and system support for production application services client facing environments

Automation of API testing Qualifications

Advanced skills implementing API Service architectures (SOAP, REST) using any of the market leading API Management tools such as Apigee

Solid knowledge of APIGEE, API, backend server components and performance optimization

Knowledge about API design standards, patterns and best-practices especially Swagger and OpenAPI 3.0, REST, SOAP, MQ, JSON, Microservices etc.

Strong experience in authentication, authorization and security policies like OAuth, JWT, OIDC, FAPI

Experience with CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, GitHub) for Apigee proxies deployment automation

Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the Apigee platform

Experience with APIGEE on-prem, SaaS and Hybrid platforms

Hands-on experience in Apigee Configurations, Management, and APIGEE testing.

Significant understanding of Microservice patterns & concepts & its application in problem solving

Experience with Continuous Integration and automated testing strategies

Adept at mapping customer requirements to a solution approach.

Technical knowledge in a PaaS, SaaS and IaaS environment. Understanding of object-oriented programming to include but not limited to: PHP, NodeJS, , java, JavaScript

Hands-on experience working with JSON, REST, SOAP, OAuth, and Swagger

Broad understanding of mobile, cloud, on premise, and hybrid solutions as well as containers and deployment platforms ( AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Openshift, etc.)

Experience with networking protocols and technology: TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, DNS, WAN, LAN, VPN, LDAP, Internet, Intranet, Extranet

Google Apigee certification

Notes:

Well versed in Rest API standards

Should be able to guide other teams on how to build things out

Lots of experience in design with on apigee both on prem and in the cloud

SOAP, Rest, & APIs required

API development/architecture experience

Strong API security experience

The architect will be working closely with the teams to define and architect the way these APIs are built out.

Must be familiar with cloud architecture

Kubernetes required

Location: Fully remote working PST hours

Certifications preferred not required

Education: Bachelors Degree