Apigee X Architect

About This Role

This role involves leading the design, development, and implementation of scalable API management solutions, specifically using Apigee X and Apigee Hybrid environments. The architect will also support pre-sales efforts and mentor junior team members within Perficient's Cloud Infrastructure & API Management team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning & requirements gathering phases including estimate, develop, test, manage projects, architect and deliver
• Serve as a technical lead and mentor, providing technical expertise and leadership in the development and continual improvement of Perficient Solutions
• Responsible for the delivery of sophisticated API Management solutions
• Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions
• Support Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping and creation of technical solutions for new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience level

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in architecting API solutions
• 2+ years hands-on experience architecting and delivering Apigee solutions
• Deep experience with Apigee X and Hybrid
• Solid GCP experience
• Advanced understanding/exposure to API management concepts
• Solid understanding of API Products, Apps, Analytics and API economy concepts
• Experience developing API strategy and capability roadmaps aligning to enterprise goals
• Experience defining API governance, standards & best practices, and center of excellence
• Experience developing API architectures, implementations, integrations, and deployments
• Deep understanding of Apigee components and infrastructure deployment models
• Understanding of Microservices architecture and patterns, microgateway (preferred Apigee), Istio, Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals
• Understanding of security principals integrating single page apps, mobile apps, and third party systems using OAuth2, SSO, OpenID Connect, JWT
• Experience designing and developing security policies and custom integrations with IAM Systems (like Okta, AD, Azure AD)
• Experience developing APIs, proxies, swaggers, and policies development with Apigee
• Experience with Apigee Portal, Portal customization and integration with Apigee Edge using, Drupal, NodeJS, JavaScript
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution
• Solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in architecting API solutions, with minimum 2 years’ hands-on experience architecting and delivering Apigee solutions

Nice to Have

• Client facing or consulting experience
• Enterprise Architecture experience
• Mulesoft, Data Power, Boomi experience
• Apigee certifications / skill badges
• GCP, AWS, Azure Cloud experience
• Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams
• Familiarity with AI-enhanced platforms
• Experience with load balancers, firewalls, TCP, TLS, SSH, automated testing of APIs, Jenkins, CI/CD

Skills

* Required skills