Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer

The Role: Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer

Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh, UK

Position Type: Contract Inside IR35

Implementation Partner -TCS/LBG

Remote work option Available: 2 Days Onsite

Job Description:

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 life cycle 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 (eg, Backstage).