Job Description: Apigee Tech Lead
Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking an experienced Apigee Tech Lead to drive our enterprise API platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on role focuses on building secure, scalable APIs and shaping our API-first architecture strategy.
Key Skills:
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Apigee X & GCP Expertise: Strong experience designing and managing Apigee X environments, networking, and security components (Load Balancer, MIGs, VPCs, Cloud Armor).
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API Architecture & Security: Skilled in building secure, high-performance APIs with OAuth2, JWT, JWKS, mTLS, and Ping Identity; deep understanding of zero-trust and API-first design.
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Automation & Leadership: Proficient with CI/CD (Cloud Build, Terraform) and experienced in mentoring teams while leading enterprise API initiatives.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect and implement API proxies, shared flows, and custom policies using Apigee X.
- Design and manage GCP infrastructure components supporting Apigee X:
- Global Load Balancer, Managed Instance Groups (MIGs), Compute Engine VMs
- Cloud Armor, VPC networking, firewall rules, and peering
Develop reusable shared flows for logging, authentication, quota enforcement, and error handling.
Implement service callouts to internal and external systems using secure and scalable patterns.
Build custom policies using JavaScript, Python, and Apigee extensions.
Integrate with Ping Identity for OAuth2, SAML, and JWT-based authentication.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience in API development and integration.
6+ years of hands-on experience with Apigee X on GCP, including infrastructure setup and policy development. Including GCP Load Balancer, MIGs, VMs, Cloud Armor, and VPC networking.
Hands-on in JavaScript and Python for Apigee custom policy development, OAuth2, JWT, JWKS, and Ping Identity integration.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Apigee API Engineer).
Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman, and ReadMe.
Familiarity with mobile API security patterns and zero-trust architecture.
Exposure to Bigtable, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively across IT, vendor, and business teams.
Design and enforce advanced security patterns including JWKS validation, mTLS, rate limiting, and mobile integration.
Drive CI/CD automation for API deployments using Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Terraform.
Monitor and optimize API performance using Apigee Analytics, Cloud Monitoring, and BigQuery.
Mentor junior engineers and lead technical reviews.
Perform other duties as assigned.
