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Compunnel, Inc.

Apigee Tech Lead

Compunnel, Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

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We are seeking a skilled and experienced Apigee Tech Lead to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the technical aspects of Apigee API management integration on-premises, ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient API solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Apigee, automation on proxy generation, API security, and integrating it with various applications in a complex, enterprise environment. Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership:

Lead the design, development, and implementation of Apigee on-premises API management solutions. Provide technical direction and guidance to the team in API architecture, deployment, and troubleshooting. API Design and Management:

Manage the full API lifecycle, including API design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring. Ensure APIs are scalable, secure, and meet performance requirements. Security and Access Management:

Collaborate with the security team to implement API security best practices, including OAuth, authentication, authorization, and encryption protocols. Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization:

Lead efforts in troubleshooting and resolving integration issues. Optimize API performance and ensure high availability of Apigee on-premises environments. Collaboration and Team Management:

Work closely with cross-functional teams (developers, DevOps, security, and business stakeholders) to ensure API solutions meet organizational needs. Documentation and Best Practices:

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for API architecture, configurations, integration processes, and troubleshooting guidelines. Promote best practices in API management and integration. Monitoring and Reporting:

Set up monitoring and alerting for API performance and utilization. Analyze API traffic patterns and recommend improvements. Required Qualifications: Apigee Expertise:

Proven experience with Apigee on-premises setup, configuration, and management. In-depth knowledge of Apigee Edge and the ability to manage APIs at scale. API Design Knowledge:

Strong understanding of API design principles (REST, SOAP, GraphQL). Cloud Platform Knowledge:

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. API Management:

Strong experience in API lifecycle management, including API gateway configuration, security policies, traffic management, and debugging. Security Knowledge:

Deep understanding of API security protocols such as OAuth, JWT, API key management, and identity and access management (IAM). Performance Tuning:

Experience with API performance tuning and optimization, including caching, rate limiting, and traffic management. Problem Solving:

Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills to identify and resolve issues related to Apigee, APIs, and integrations. Version Control:

Experience using Git for version control, managing deployments, and ensuring consistency across environments. Preferred Qualifications: DevOps Practices:

Experience with DevOps tools such as Gitlab, Azure DevOps, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Container Orchestration:

Familiarity with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. API Gateway Experience:

Experience with other API gateways like Azure APIM and Apigee X or Hybrid. Drupal Experience:

Familiarity with Drupal’s API integration capabilities and experience working with Drupal-based platforms is a plus. Cloud-Based Apigee Deployments:

Familiarity with cloud-based Apigee deployments (Apigee SaaS) is a plus. Agile Experience:

Experience working in an Agile environment, using tools like JIRA and Confluence. Certifications: No specific certifications are required, but certifications in Apigee, API management, or cloud platforms are a plus. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Overall 8+ years of experience with a minimum of 5+ years of experience working with Apigee or similar API management platforms. Proven experience in leading API projects and managing technical teams. Strong knowledge of API security and best practices.

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