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Blue Altair · 4 months ago

Consultant/Sr. Consultant - Apigee Engineer/API Platform Specialist (USAPI)

Reading, PA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Blue Altair is an industry-recognized consulting firm focused on digital transformation, offering services in API Management and Integration, Data Management, and more. They are seeking a Consultant/Sr. Consultant - Apigee Engineer/API Platform Specialist to lead the design, development, and deployment of APIs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and managing the Apigee Hybrid runtime.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesConsulting

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and deployment of APIs using Apigee Edge, Apigee X, and Apigee Hybrid, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards

Architect, install, and manage the Apigee Hybrid runtime on Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, or OpenShift), including control plane integration, networking, and security configurations

Drive capacity planning and infrastructure sizing for Apigee Hybrid clusters based on projected API traffic, availability zones, and IP/CIDR allocations

Configure and manage API policies for traffic management, transformation, caching, and advanced security (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, threat protection)

Implement and enforce API governance standards, environment group strategies, and proxy design conventions

Support the full API lifecycle - from design and mocking to publishing, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and deprecation

Integrate with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for API bundle deployments, shared flows, and environment-specific configuration promotion

Develop and maintain shared flows and reusable proxy patterns for authentication, logging, error handling, and traffic control

Monitor and troubleshoot platform issues using Kubernetes tools (kubectl, helm) and integrate with observability platforms (e.g., Cloud Ops, Prometheus, ELK)

Collaborate with backend teams, security teams, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless API adoption and runtime stability

Provide technical leadership, documentation, and mentorship to development and platform engineering teams

Qualification

Apigee EdgeKubernetesAPI designDevOps toolsAPI security patternsCloud observabilityTechnical leadershipDocumentationMentorship

Required

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

8+ years of experience

Strong hands-on experience in API design and proxy development using Apigee Edge, X, and/or Hybrid

Solid understanding of REST, JSON, XML, and modern API security patterns (OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, SAML/SSO)

Experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes - with knowledge of pods, services, namespaces, helm, IP/CIDR planning, and cluster sizing

Proven experience working with DevOps and automation tools (e.g., Maven, Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

Exposure to backend integration patterns with systems such as microservices, and legacy systems

Preferred

Experience with Apigee Hybrid infrastructure setup on GKE, EKS, or OpenShift, including network design, high availability, and TLS configuration

Familiarity with Cassandra (for Apigee Hybrid runtime), cluster scaling strategies, and troubleshooting synchronization or runtime issues

Working knowledge of log management and observability solutions (e.g., Fluent Bit, Splunk, ELK, or Google Cloud Logging)

Exposure to multi-region or hybrid cloud deployments, and knowledge of best practices around IP address planning and firewalling for hybrid environments

Understanding of developer portal integrations, API onboarding workflows, and developer experience strategies

Benefits

In addition to a competitive compensation package, we offer abundant opportunities for you to achieve, excel, and surpass even your own expectations.

The Star Elements program, inspired by the composition of stars themselves—comprising diverse elements that give unique qualities and illuminate for thousands of years.

Likewise, our initiative aims to facilitate brilliance in our employees.

The Star Elements program encompasses a range of benefits, supporting our team across four pivotal facets of their lives and careers.