Senior Systems Engineer-Apigee

AutoZone; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

AutoZone is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Apigee-driven APIs and policies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, secure API architectures and troubleshoot issues to optimize performance.

The role requires 6–8 years of Apigee experience in large-scale production, with strong problem-solving and communication abilities to drive API governance, monitoring, and security across environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field required.
• 6–8 years designing, implementing Apigee in large-scale prod.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, and troubleshoot APIs and policies using Apigee X.
• Define API architecture, integration and deployment of API management platforms.
• Health checks & monitoring for Apigee components and APIs.
• Apigee Gateway knowledge and cloud security awareness.
• HA, load balancing, DR configuration with Apigee.
• Support & upgrades for production/non-prod environments.
• Apply API best practices and performance tuning.
• Manage installation, configuration, maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Deploy proxies and artifacts, collect logs, monitor health.
• Build and support APIs across full lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams; participate in agile ceremonies.
• L2/L3 support for Apigee to ensure high availability.
• Handle incidents/changes; ensure SLAs are met.

Skills

Apigee architecture

API design

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Unix shell scripting

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Apigee

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

Dynatrace

Datadog

Grafana

AppDynamics

Ansible

Job description

AutoZone is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer as a Senior Engineer for Apigee, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining solutions for our organization. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and secure Apigee architectures, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance.The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Apigee technologies and possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

• Design, develop, configure, and troubleshoot APIs and policies using Apigee X.
• Defining overall API architecture/ implementations, integration and deployment of API management platforms and API security and Access control (SAML, Web SSO, SSL/TLS etc)
• Knowledge of health checks & Monitoring for Apigee components and API using Various tool, Configuration management systems.
• Apigee Gateway Knowledge and Cloud architecture and security.
• Experience with High availability, load balancing and failover, DR configuration with Apigee.
• Support & Upgrade Apigee Production/Non-Prod Environments.
• Implementing API Best Practices and Performance Tuning.
• Managing installation, configuration, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and quick resolution of problems of the most complex nature.
• Deployment of proxies and other artifacts of Apigee environment, configuration updates, log collection, health check and monitoring, etc.
• Build and support the API during the full lifecycle.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master\'s degree preferred.
• 6 to 8 years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting Apigee solutions in a large-scale production environment.
• Unix Shell Scripting and Ansible Experience. CI/CD experience (set up of CI/CD desirable).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Maintain documentation for the technical deliverables when applicable.
• Prepare and participate in presentation and demonstrations of developed solutions.
• Collaborate and work closely with other team members.
• Participate in agile meetings such as but not limited to: sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily status meetings, story pointing.
• Provide L2/L3 support for Apigee platform to ensure platform is highly available.
• Working on production support Incidents/Service request/Changes and ensure SLAs are met.
• Help consumers and IT stakeholders by providing solutions for the issues reported in the platform.
• Lead root cause analysis session to understand Production issues and produce solutions that will prevent them from happening in the future.
• Experience in monitor tools like Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, Grafana, APPD.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Certifications such as Certified in Apigee, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, GCP or related certifications are a plus.