Your Primary Responsibilities
Assist the API Platform Team with setup, deployment, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting across the Apigee Private Cloud platform, Apigee Hybrid platform, and supporting API infrastructure.
Provide technical guidance on API architecture, gateway best practices, and platform usage patterns.
Partner with cross‑functional engineering, infrastructure, operations, and security teams to resolve platform issues and support API onboarding.
Interpret and prioritize ongoing engineering requests from development teams and translate them into actionable platform tasks or enhancements.
Ensure high availability, performance, scalability, stability, and security of the Apigee platform through proactive monitoring and operational best practices.
Contribute to architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, platform documentation, and knowledge‑sharing materials.
Support lifecycle management, including patching, upgrades, component refreshes, and configuration governance.
Execute and deliver multiple concurrent initiatives in an Agile delivery framework while maintaining high quality and reliability standards.
Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, testing, validation, and documentation for Apigee and related components.
Follow ITIL-aligned change, incident, and problem management processes to ensure operational consistency.
Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and a results‑driven mindset in supporting and advancing the platform.
Qualifications
Minimum of 3+ years of related experience in API platforms, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Talents Needed for Success
API Gateway & Platform Expertise: Apigee Edge/Apigee Hybrid/Apigee Private Cloud, API security (OAuth, mTLS), routing, and API lifecycle management.
Version Control & CI/CD: Git, Bitbucket; Jenkins or similar CI/CD automation tools.
Infrastructure & IaC: Linux (RHEL), Chef, Terraform, Ansible, Shell/Python scripting.
Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure for API hosting, networking, and platform integration.
Observability & Operations: Monitoring/logging tools, performance tuning, debugging distributed systems, and participating in DR exercises.
Networking & Middleware: Understanding of proxies, load balancers, TLS/mTLS, and enterprise middleware patterns.
Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
