Job Title: Apigee Architect / Developer / Admin
Location: Remote
Duration: 19 Months
 
Required Skills:

• Apigee X & Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architecture Expertise
• Infrastructure Automation & Operations (DevOps/SRE)
• Monitoring, Observability & Troubleshooting

 
Core API Management and Apigee Skills:

• Must have extensive hands on experience with the Apigee platform including Apigee X and Apigee Hybrid Design build and deploy APIs and API Products
• Must have strong experience designing and implementing Apigee Shared Flows including Security policies OAuth 2.0+ Authentication and authorization AuthN AuthZ Rate limiting and traffic management.
• Must have experience implementing API governance and policy enforcement at scale.
• Strong understanding of API design best practices performance and scalability.

 
Python Development Skills:

• Must have strong Python scripting and development experience.
• Must have experience building automation tooling and integrations using Python.
• Experience using Python for API lifecycle automation Apigee proxy validation Linting and quality checks API Quality Linting and Standards
• Must have experience creating and maintaining Apigee based linting rules.
• Must have strong knowledge of SwaggerHub OpenAPI Specification.
• Experience enforcing API standards consistency and compliance across teams. DevOps CI CD and Artifact Management
• Must have demonstrated proficiency with GitHub and GitOps practices.
• Must have experience with CI CD pipeline automation using GitHub Actions.
• Must have experience using JFrog Artifactory to manage Application artifacts API proxies and related assets
• Must have experience leveraging enterprise grade secrets management platforms such as HashiCorp Vault
• Observability Performance and Reliability Good knowledge of API performance tuning and optimization.
• Good to have experience with monitoring and observability tools including Splunk Dynatrace
• Good to have knowledge of caching strategies and frameworks for API performance improvement.

 
Cloud and Platform:

• Good to have experience with Docker and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with deploying and operating containerized services.
• Knowledge of cloud native runtime environments and networking.

 
Preferred Certifications:

• Google certified professional Cloud Architect

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Implements enterprise API and integration platform strategy from a technical perspective including design planning integration maintenance and support of ApigeeX GCP infrastructure architecture on Google Cloud.
• Performs deployment of Dispatcher GCP components using automation tools such as Terraform ensuring consistency and reliability across environments.
• Monitors alerts and troubleshoots APIs deployed on ApigeeX utilizing Google Cloud monitoring and analytics tools.
• Troubleshoots and resolves issues related to the ApigeeX infrastructure maintaining platform stability and performance.
• Configures and manages Google Cloud load balancers to ensure secure and efficient traffic management for ApigeeX APIs.
• Maintains and updates route mapper files to facilitate proper routing and connectivity within the ApigeeX environment.
• Implements and manages Private Service Connect PSC to provide secure connectivity between services and ApigeeX.
• Supports and configures Secure Web Proxy SWP to enhance security and optimize web traffic routing within the ApigeeX platform.
• Manages and maintains Google Cloud Managed Instance Groups to ensure high availability automated scaling and reliable operation of ApigeeX workloads.
• Utilizes Splunk for advanced log analysis and creates queries to monitor troubleshoot and optimize API performance and infrastructure health.
• Leverages Dynatrace for real time application performance monitoring root cause analysis and proactive issue resolution within the ApigeeX environment.
• Able to understand firewall related issues and work with firewall teams to resolve them effectively.
• Collaborates closely with API and integration platform architects on activities such as API design implementation testing production deployment and ongoing support.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 55.00/daily.