• Job Title: Apigee Developer / Administrator
  • Job Category: Software Engineering, API Management, and Cloud Infrastructure
  • Job Location: United States
  • Work Mode: Fully Remote
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Citizenship Requirement: US Citizens Only
  • Experience Required: 5+ years
  • Application Method: LinkedIn Easy Apply
  • Technology Focus: Google Apigee Edge, Apigee Hybrid, API Security, Kubernetes, and Enterprise API Management

About the Job

The Senior Apigee Developer / Administrator will be responsible for both API development and platform administration within an enterprise environment. The position requires a combination of software engineering, infrastructure management, API security, and troubleshooting expertise.

The successful candidate will develop API proxies and shared flows, configure traffic management policies, monitor platform health, and maintain reliable API services. A key responsibility is supporting the organization’s transition from Apigee Edge to Apigee Hybrid while ensuring security, scalability, and performance.

This opportunity is suitable for experienced professionals who can work across application-level API configuration and the underlying platform infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

1. Apigee API Development

  • Design, develop, and maintain API proxies and shared flows.
  • Configure API policies for authentication, authorization, traffic management, and security.
  • Implement rate limiting, spike arrest, and quota policies.
  • Configure target servers, route rules, and Key Value Maps (KVMs).
  • Implement caching and message logging where appropriate.
  • Use Apigee tracing and diagnostic tools to investigate API failures.
  • Develop scalable API solutions that meet enterprise requirements.

2. Apigee Platform Administration

  • Monitor platform health, availability, and performance.
  • Manage platform upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
  • Perform capacity planning and performance tuning.
  • Configure and administer Apigee Hybrid deployments on Kubernetes.
  • Troubleshoot issues across API proxies, runtime components, and platform services.
  • Support the migration from Apigee Edge to Apigee Hybrid.
  • Maintain platform stability, reliability, and operational readiness.

3. API Security and Networking

  • Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication flows, including client credentials and authorization code flows.
  • Configure JSON Web Token (JWT) validation and generation.
  • Manage API keys and implement TLS/mTLS encryption.
  • Apply authentication and authorization policies in Apigee.
  • Integrate API gateways with identity providers such as Okta and PingFederate.
  • Support single sign-on (SSO) and federated OAuth/JWT validation.
  • Troubleshoot API routing and connectivity issues involving firewalls, DNS, load balancers, and web application firewalls.
  • Work with CDN and security platforms such as Akamai where required.

4. Enterprise API Operations

  • Investigate complex API and infrastructure problems.
  • Monitor API performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
  • Collaborate with development, security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
  • Maintain secure and reliable API integrations.
  • Support enterprise API platform modernization initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

  • At least five years of software engineering or platform engineering experience.
  • At least five years of hands-on Google Apigee experience in enterprise production environments.
  • Strong practical knowledge of Apigee Edge and/or Apigee Hybrid, with expertise across the platform as described in the listing.
  • Experience designing, developing, and managing large-scale API solutions.
  • Knowledge of API proxies, shared flows, traffic management policies, and routing configuration.
  • Understanding of Apigee architecture and its runtime and management components.
  • Experience with platform administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
  • Strong knowledge of API security standards and authentication mechanisms.
  • Familiarity with enterprise networking and identity management integrations.
  • US citizenship, as explicitly required by the job posting.

Technical Skills Required

The following technologies and concepts are relevant to this position:

  • API Management: Google Apigee Edge and Apigee Hybrid
  • API Development: API proxies, shared flows, routing rules, and target servers
  • Traffic Management: Rate limiting, spike arrest, quotas, and caching
  • API Security: OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, TLS, and mTLS
  • Platform Architecture: Management Server, Router, Message Processor, analytics services, and Developer Portal
  • Platform Services: Cassandra and ZooKeeper in applicable Apigee Edge architectures
  • Containerization: Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Identity Management: Okta, PingFederate, SSO, and federated authentication
  • Networking: DNS, firewalls, load balancers, WAF, and CDN
  • Troubleshooting: API tracing, platform diagnostics, and performance analysis

Preferred Qualifications

The following skills are considered advantageous:

  • Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Hands-on Kubernetes or GKE experience supporting Apigee Hybrid.
  • Experience integrating Apigee with Akamai CDN.
  • Knowledge of enterprise cloud infrastructure and deployment practices.
  • Experience with API platform migration and modernization projects.

Work Environment and Career Opportunities

This remote position offers experienced API professionals the opportunity to work on enterprise API infrastructure and platform modernization.

The role may be particularly relevant to professionals interested in:

  • Enterprise API architecture and management.
  • Cloud-native API gateway administration.
  • API security and identity integration.
  • Kubernetes-based platform deployments.
  • API performance optimization and reliability.
  • Migration from legacy API management environments to hybrid infrastructure.

Compensation, benefits, working hours, and other employment conditions were not specified in the supplied job description and should be confirmed with the hiring organization.

Who Should Apply?

This position may suit:

  • Senior Apigee developers with extensive production experience.
  • API platform engineers with strong development and administration skills.
  • Software engineers specializing in enterprise API gateways.
  • Cloud engineers experienced with Apigee Hybrid and Kubernetes.
  • API security engineers familiar with OAuth 2.0, JWT, and enterprise identity providers.
  • Platform engineers experienced in migration, monitoring, and performance optimization.

Applicants must meet the US citizenship requirement and should ensure that their resumes clearly demonstrate relevant Apigee experience, platform administration expertise, and API security knowledge.

How to Apply for the Apigee Developer / Administrator Job

Interested and qualified candidates can review the original LinkedIn listing and apply through the available application process.

Apply Here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4483121718/

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