Consultant​/Sr. Consultant - Apigee Engineer​/API Platform Specialist; USAPI

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This is a six month contract-to-hire role located on-site in Reading, PA. Only applicants able to commute or willing to relocate will be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of APIs usingApigee Edge, Apigee X, and Apigee Hybrid, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

• Architect, install, and manage theApigee Hybrid runtime on Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, or Open Shift), including control plane integration, networking, and security configurations.
• Drivecapacity planning and infrastructure sizingfor Apigee Hybrid clusters based on projected API traffic, availability zones, and IP/CIDR allocations.
• Configure and manageAPI policiesfor traffic management, transformation, caching, and advanced security (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, threat protection).
• Implement and enforce API governance standards, environment group strategies, and proxy design conventions.
• Support thefull API lifecycle -from design and mocking to publishing, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and deprecation.
• Integrate withCI/CD pipelines(e.g., Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions) for API bundle deployments, shared flows, and environment-specific configuration promotion.
• Develop and maintainshared flows and reusable proxy patternsfor authentication, logging, error handling, and traffic control.
• Monitor and troubleshoot platform issues usingKubernetes tools (kubectl, helm)and integrate with observability platforms (e.g., Cloud Ops, Prometheus, ELK).
• Collaborate with backend teams, security teams, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless API adoption and runtime stability.
• Provide technical leadership, documentation, and mentorship to development and platform engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Strong hands-on experience inAPI design and proxy developmentusingApigee Edge, X, and/or Hybrid.
• Solid understanding ofREST, JSON, XML, and modern API security patterns (OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, SAML/SSO).
• Experience deploying and operating applications onKubernetes -with knowledge ofpods, services, name spaces, helm, IP/CIDR planning, and cluster sizing.
• Proven experience working withDev Ops and automation tools(e.g., Maven, Git, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions).
• Exposure tobackend integration patternswith systems such as microservices, and legacy systems.

Preferred Skills

• Experience withApigee Hybrid infrastructure setupon GKE, EKS, or Open Shift, including network design, high availability, and TLS configuration.
• Familiarity withCassandra(for Apigee Hybrid runtime),cluster scaling strategies, andtroubleshooting synchronization or runtime issues.
• Working knowledge oflog management and observability solutions(e.g., Fluent Bit, Splunk, ELK, or Google Cloud Logging).
• Exposure tomulti-region or hybrid cloud deployments, and knowledge of best practices aroundIP…