Contract Lead Apigee Developer

Contract Lead Apigee Engineer

Location: Fully Remote
Duration: 3 Months + Extensions
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Rate: £600pd - £700pd

Opus is partnering with a dynamic consultancy delivering innovative solutions to a public sector department. We're on the lookout for an experienced Apigee Lead Engineer to drive API strategy and lead migration efforts from Apigee Edge to Apigee X.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead migration from Apigee Edge to Apigee X with minimal disruption
• Build, deploy, and monitor scalable solutions using AWS
• Integrate APIs into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps & GitHub
• Manage full API lifecycle and drive API strategy execution
• Generate analytics reports and enhance API documentation

Tech Stack

• AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, ECS, ECR, DynamoDB, S3)
• Azure DevOps CI/CD
• GitHub Workflows
• Apigee Edge & Apigee X
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Python, Node.js, Docker

What We're Looking For

• Security Cleared or Clearable
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Proven experience with Apigee Edge & X
• Hands on with AWS microservices architecture
• Skilled in API security (OAuth, JWT, API keys)
• Experience with distributed systems and enterprise grade apps
• Familiarity with API design patterns and performance optimisation

Interested?

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