Senior Apigee Engineer - Hybrid API Platform & Cloud Ops

VOLTO Consulting; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VOLTO Consulting is seeking an experienced Apigee Developer to manage and support API Platforms focused on both Azure and on-premises solutions. The role involves implementing enterprise API strategies, enhancing automation scripts, and ensuring the performance of the API infrastructure.

The qualified candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering, along with over 6 years of hands-on experience in using APIGEE products, strong cloud engineering skills, and proficiency in various relevant tools and programming languages.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Enterprise API Management and Integration Platforms like APIGEE Hybrid, Apigee X.
• Expertise in deploying APIGEE Hybrid/X on AKS clusters.
• Solid understanding of Agile principles and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement enterprise API and integration platforms strategy.
• Perform deployment and upgrades of APIGEE Hybrid on AKS clusters.
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues with deployed APIs.

Skills

Enterprise API Management

Cloud Engineering

Kubernetes

API Development

Terraform

Python

Agile Principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Postman

JMeter

Azure

AWS

GCP

Bitbucket

Git Hub

Job description

Job Description: 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+ 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

Preferred Certifications

Google certified professional Cloud Architect

Microsoft Azure certified Cloud Architect

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certifications

Certifications in Terraform