Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer

The Role: Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 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 lifecycle 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 (e.g., Backstage).