What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior GCP Apigee Engineer position at Vallum Associates?
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.
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).
• Good to have: Experience with IDE platforms for API development (e.g., Backstage).
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
Looking for Senior Engineering Skills as GCP Cloud SMEs who has contributed also as a Technical Consultant in guiding Design, Architecture and Strategy. Bringing in thought leadership in driving innovation, best practices