Apigee Architect

Acestack; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a seasoned Apigee Architect to lead API migration and onboarding acceleration for a major US financial institution in Mount Laurel, NJ. This client-facing role requires Day 1 readiness and the Architect will own solution architecture, governance, and standards across the engagement.

You will guide client teams, collaborate with PwC on readiness, and develop reusable patterns and playbooks. Deep Apigee expertise and strong communication are essential to deliver secure, scalable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of integration/API architecture experience.
• 5+ years hands-on Apigee (Edge, Hybrid, or Apigee X) in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in API security: OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting, PII masking.
• Proven experience leading API gateway migration programs (Azure APIM, MuleSoft, or similar to Apigee).
• Strong CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Postman/Karate.
• Experience in regulated banking/financial services environments (PCI-DSS, OSFI, PIPEDA).
• Excellent client communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada; Toronto‑based (in‑office requirement).
• Experience with Apigee Hybrid on GCP/Azure infrastructure.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, SOAP, and XML API patterns.
• Google Cloud Professional API Engineer or Apigee certification.
• Prior COE / C4E engagement model experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for API onboarding and migration.
• Serve as primary technical interface with client platform and LOB teams; drive architecture and platform sync.
• Define and enforce API design standards, proxy patterns, shared flows, and security policies.
• Lead technical governance across PODs - code reviews, design reviews, template standardization.
• Guide and enable client teams through knowledge transfer, enabling post-engagement sustainability.
• Collaborate with PwC on environment readiness, handoff points, and onboarding planning.
• Drive reuse by developing and maintaining reusable proxy templates, CI/CD patterns, and API playbooks.

Skills

API architecture

Apigee

API security

Gateway migrations

CI/CD

Financial services

Stakeholder mgmt

Canada work eligibility

Apigee Hybrid

API patterns

Certifications

COE/C4E

Job description

Role: Apigee Architect

Location:- Mount Laurel, NJ (Onsite)

• Contract

Cognizant is seeking a seasoned Apigee Architect to lead API migration and onboarding acceleration for a major US financial institution. This is a high-visibility, client-facing role requiring Day 1 readiness. The Architect will serve as the primary technical interface between Cognizant delivery PODs and the client’s platform and LOB teams, owning solution architecture, standards enforcement, and technical governance across the engagement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for API onboarding and Azure APIM-to-Apigee Hybrid migration across multiple waves.
• Serve as primary technical interface with client platform and LOB teams; drive daily architecture and platform sync.
• Define and enforce API design standards, proxy patterns, shared flows, and security policies (OAuth 2.0, mTLS, rate limiting, logging).
• Lead technical governance across PODs - code reviews, design reviews, template standardization.
• Guide and enable client teams through knowledge transfer, enabling them to independently sustain the platform post-engagement.
• Collaborate with PwC on environment readiness, infrastructure handoff points, and joint onboarding planning.
• Drive reuse by developing and maintaining reusable proxy templates, CI/CD pipeline patterns, and API playbooks.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of integration/API architecture experience
• 5+ years hands‑on Apigee (Edge, Hybrid, or Apigee X) in enterprise environments
• Deep expertise in API security: OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting, PII masking
• Proven experience leading API gateway migration programs (Azure APIM, MuleSoft, or similar to Apigee)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Postman/Karate
• Experience in regulated banking/financial services environments (PCI-DSS, OSFI, PIPEDA)
• Excellent client communication and stakeholder management skills
• Must be eligible to work in Canada; Toronto‑based (in‑office requirement)

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with Apigee Hybrid on GCP/Azure infrastructure
• Familiarity with GraphQL, SOAP, and XML API patterns
• Google Cloud Professional API Engineer or Apigee certification
• Prior COE / C4E engagement model experience