Google Apigee Engineer

Company: Meridian Technologies
Location: Strongsville
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

- Design, build, maintain and support the Apigee infrastructure- Maintain and support the existing IBM APIC API Gateway infrastructure- Automate a lot of the manual tasks that are currently being performed (install, configure, apply patching, etc---)- Work on the installations of Apigee On-Prem- Facilitate DR (Disaster Recovery) planning and exercises to ensure that the team are fully prepared in the event of a catastrophe- Lead Capacity Planning and Management activities to ensure that the Apigee platform will be able to handle current and additional transactions in the future- Help troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to the Apigee platform and IBM APIC.- Lead root cause analysis session to understand what causes particular issues in Production and come up with solutions that will prevent them from happening in the future- Ensure documentation is created and remain updated for Apigee and/or IBM APIC.- Build relationship with the client application teams to understand their business needs and requirements for the Apigee Platform and also coach them on how to use the platform to the full extent.- Mentor Junior Engineers to acquire Apigee knowledge and more experiences
Qualifications:- Strong troubleshooting skills in the API Management and Gateway space (Mainly Apigee).- Apigee and/or IBM APIC Knowledge - Infrastructure build and maintenance, Gateway setup, OAuth configuration- Good knowledge of Ansible- Ability to write Apache Groovy scripts- Strong understanding of UNIX operating system is a must.- Experience with shell scripting- Experience with CICD Tools (Jenkins, GitHub, etc.)- Good understanding of REST API and JSON- Knowledge of existing API Testing Tools (Postman, SoapUI, or any equivalent tools)- Experience with high availability, load balancing and failover configurations with Apigee- Experience in designing and implementing API platform for high traffic API solutions- Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the Apigee platform- Experience with Apigee Management APIs and integration to the enterprise systems including Infrastructure & Application monitoring, Approval, Authorization and Authentication, Logging, and Continuous integration/Continuous Deploy (CI/CD), and Developer Portal, etc.- Have previously worked on an enterprise platform team that supports multiple Software Development product teams- Bachelor's Degree in related field or sufficient prior experiences- 4 years of experience supporting Apigee as a Platform- Basic understanding of Cassandra and Zookeeper- Basic understanding of Python scripts and be able to update them if needed
Additional Qualities:- Great team player and open to collaborate with others across the Company Enterprise- Highly engaged and motivated- Great communication skills- Willing to go the extra miles to get things done- Experience working with offshore teams- Development experiences with Apigee Edge- Knowledge of Systems and Networking - TCP and IP, Switching, Routing, Firewalls, Load Balancing

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