API & Integration Technical lead / Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Hyderabad, Pune District, Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an API & Integration Technical Lead/Architect to drive cloud-enabled API design and Apigee implementations across multiple locations including Hyderabad. The role requires deep expertise in Apigee, REST, Java, Python, and cloud platforms, with strong emphasis on security and SDLC governance.

You will lead architectural discussions, configure analytics, and manage CI/CD pipelines for API proxies while coordinating with client teams and network/cloud

Qualifications

• 8 years of design and development in cloud environments.
• Extensive Apigee API Gateway experience including proxies and deployment.
• Strong REST API coding in Java and Python across the SDLC.
• Hands-on Apigee management, security, and testing.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for API proxies.
• Knowledge of OAuth2, TLS, and certificate handling for Apigee.

Responsibilities

• Lead Apigee architecture design with client and cloud engineers.
• Create proxy flows, templates, and secure setups; migrate proxies and OAS docs.
• Develop developer portal and configure Analytics in Apigee.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for proxy deployments and testing.
• Engage in pre-sales for Apigee opportunities and client discussions.
• Provide architectural reviews and guidance for solution blueprints.
• Monitor API traffic, latency, security, and error KPIs; resolve live issues.

Skills

Cloud design

REST API development

Java

Python

API testing

CI/CD (Jenkins)

OAuth 2.0

NGINX

API security

Tools

Apigee Edge

GCP

OPDK/SaaS/Hybrid

Jenkins

GitHub

Splunk

ELK

Job description

Job Role: API & Integration Technical lead / Architect

Exp: 8 Years.

Location: Bangalore|Chennai|Coimbatore|Kolkata|Hyderabad|Bhubaneswar|Pune|Nagpur|Kochi

Must have skills

• 8 years of application design and development experience in a cloud environment
• 8 years experience of working on Apigee API Gateway for both Apigee Blueprint/Foundation set up, Apigee installation (OPDK/SaaS/Hybrid) and Proxy Development
• years of coding REST services and API such as: Java, JSON, Python.
• Hands on experience in Apigee API Management, SOAPXML, JSON, NGINX and Cloud technologies like Google Cloud platform or any similar cloud service.
• Experience in Google Cloud Platforms Apigee platform and API development experience through the entire Software Development Lifecycle Process.
• Hands on experience in user interface and web services development.
• Implementation and delivery experience in Google Cloud Platform Apigee EDGE solution.
• Experience in managing Apigee traffic for cutting over from another API Gateway
• Hands on experience in Apigee Configurations, Management and APIGEE testing.
• 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
• Hands-on development expertise with the Google Apigee Edge platform including but not limited to installation and configuration
• Experience of analysing API traffic, API performance, API issue diagnosis
• Experience in setting up KPIs, alerts and notification to avoid potential issues due to bots, security, latency and data errors and resolve incidents quickly

Good to have skills

• Knowledge of IBM Software AG /WebMethods, IBM Data Power
• Knowledge of APIGEE Microservice Gateways and Istio Service Mesh
• Knowledge of how to set up Analytics and Reporting on Apigee
• Knowledge of integrating Apigee with incident management, monitoring and logging tools like Splunk, Remedy, ELK, etc.

Key responsibilities

• Work on APIGEE Implementation projects in the capacity to lead on design Apigee architecture along with customer architects and network/cloud engineers
• Creation of proxy flows, templates, security set up and automation of processes like migration of proxies, importing OAS docs, etc.
• Developer portal set up and customisation on need basis
• Configuration of Analytics and Monitoring capabilities of Apigee
• Providing conceptual solutions for APIGEE opportunities
• Participate in discussion on APIGEE options for connectivity, security and foundation
• Set up and work with CI/CD pipelines for Apigee proxy deployments and testing
• Pre-Sales support for detailing of APIGEE related opportunities
• Interact with Client to understand the existing system and expectation and propose the recommendations.
• Creates, consult and reviews Architectural Decisions, architecture solution, performs re-engineering of Architectures to create solution blueprint and meet project requirement.
• Prepare training material if required; to ensure a smooth transition in the new system process for the users
• Leads technical discussions with customer SME and stakeholders to provide technical differentiation in the relationship.
• Evaluates and Reviews Design Frameworks and Methodologies and approves design to achieve functional and non-functional requirements and conformance to the architecture
• Ensure alignment with overall architecture view, creates develops reference codes, provides consultation to team members on complex coding and technical product issues to ensure effective solution development
• Set up Monitoring KPIs and Alerting notifications for APIs based on API traffic, latency, security, errors, etc
• Resolve critical issues coming at live sites, identify and fix critical architectural framework issues related to the product to meet production support requirements.