Apigee Platform Architect

Apigee Platform Architect

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Summary: The role of Apigee Platform Architect involves leading the design, deployment, and governance of Apigee OPDK infrastructure in AWS. The ideal candidate will possess extensive expertise in API management and cloud-native architectures, focusing on creating scalable and secure API platforms. Responsibilities include high-level design, deployment architecture documentation, and conducting deployment reviews. The position is remote and requires collaboration with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams for automation and optimization tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and document high-level architecture for Apigee OPDK deployments in AWS.
  • Create and maintain deployment architecture diagrams and infrastructure blueprints.
  • Lead and conduct deployment reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
  • Architect and implement Apigee organizations, environments, and virtual hosts.
  • Define and manage multi-region, high-availability, and disaster recovery topologies for Apigee OPDK.
  • Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams to automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
  • Lead migration strategies from Apigee SaaS to OPDK or hybrid models.
  • Provide expert guidance on API security, traffic management, analytics, and developer portal integration.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize Apigee runtime performance and scalability.
  • Mentor and guide development teams on API lifecycle best practices.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience with Apigee OPDK deployment and administration in AWS.
  • Strong understanding of API Gateway concepts, OAuth2, JWT, traffic routing, and rate limiting.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.
  • Familiarity with networking, load balancing, TLS/SSL, and DNS in cloud environments.
  • Strong documentation skills including HLDs, deployment diagrams, and runbooks.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Apigee Platform Architect

Remote location

Contract Job

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Apigee Platform Architect to lead the design, deployment, and governance of Apigee OPDK infrastructure in AWS. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in API management, cloud-native architectures, and enterprise-grade deployment topologies. You will be responsible for high-level design, deployment architecture diagrams, and conducting deployment reviews to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient API platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and document high-level architecture for Apigee OPDK deployments in AWS.
  • Create and maintain deployment architecture diagrams and infrastructure blueprints.
  • Lead and conduct deployment reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
  • Architect and implement Apigee organizations, environments, and virtual hosts.
  • Define and manage multi-region, high-availability, and disaster recovery topologies for Apigee OPDK.
  • Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams to automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
  • Lead migration strategies from Apigee SaaS to OPDK or hybrid models.
  • Provide expert guidance on API security, traffic management, analytics, and developer portal integration.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize Apigee runtime performance and scalability.
  • Mentor and guide development teams on API lifecycle best practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Proven experience with Apigee OPDK deployment and administration in AWS.
  • Strong understanding of API Gateway concepts, OAuth2, JWT, traffic routing, and rate limiting.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.
  • Familiarity with networking, load balancing, TLS/SSL, and DNS in cloud environments.
  • Strong documentation skills including HLDs, deployment diagrams, and runbooks.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Apigee certification or equivalent.
  • Experience with hybrid Apigee deployments .
  • Knowledge of API monetization, developer portals, and analytics.
  • Background in microservices architecture and enterprise integration patterns
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