Senior Apigee Systems Engineer - API Platform Expert

AutoZone; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AutoZone is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Apigee-based APIs and architectures in a large-scale environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, scalable API platforms and resolve incidents in production.

The role requires strong Apigee X knowledge, cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), and familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 6–8 years designing, implementing, and supporting Apigee in large-scale production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Apigee APIs, policies, and configurations.
• Define overall API architecture, deployment, and security for API management.
• Monitor health checks and performance across Apigee components and APIs.
• Provide L2/L3 production support and handle incidents and changes.
• Lead root-cause analyses and coordinate cross-functional teams to prevent recurrence.
• Deploy proxies and artifacts, manage logs, health checks, and updates.

Skills

Apigee X

API design

API security

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Unix shell scripting

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Apigee X

Splunk

Dynatrace

Datadog

Grafana

AppD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AutoZone is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Apigee-based APIs and architectures in a large-scale environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, scalable API platforms and resolve incidents in production.

The role requires strong Apigee X knowledge, cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), and familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and monitoring tools.