Vallum Associates
Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer
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The Role: Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer
Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh, UK
Position Type: Contract Inside IR35
Implementation Partner – TCS/LBG
Remote work option Available: 2 Days Onsite
Job Description:
Your responsibilities:
- Hands-on development and management of Google Apigee API Management Platform.
- Design, build, and deploy API proxies, policies, and configurations in Apigee.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for API lifecycle management using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Harness.
- Develop and maintain API security policies (OAuth, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting, threat protection).
- Automate Apigee deployments and configurations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
- Integrate Apigee with GCP services (Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, etc.) for end-to-end solutions.
- Build automated workflows and scripts for API operations using Python.
- Manage API analytics, monitoring, and logging for performance and compliance.
- Enforce GCP Organization Policies and API governance standards for secure and compliant API ecosystems.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement containerized Apigee components and manage deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Optimize API performance and scalability through caching, quota management, and traffic routing.
- Support migration of legacy APIs into Apigee and standardize reusable templates for API development.
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Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Apigee API Management.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for API deployments.
- Python scripting for automation and workflow orchestration.
- Familiarity with Terraform / Terraform Cloud for IaC (good to have).
- Experience with Jenkins, GitHub, Harness for pipeline automation.
- Knowledge of Google Kubernetes (GKE) and container orchestration.
- Understanding of API security standards and policy-as-code (OPA/Sentinel).
- GCP Certified (preferably Apigee Certified API Engineer).
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