Senior Engineer, Appeng - Apigee

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The API Gateway Platform Engineering team ensures the reliability, availability, and performance of the organization’s Apigee Hybrid API management platform, operating and supporting the core gateway infrastructure exclusively on Linux systems. This role focuses on maintaining platform health, executing upgrades and patches, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues, enhancing security and observability, and implementing automation to improve operational efficiency. Engineers in this team play a critical role in sustaining a secure, scalable, and high performing API gateway foundation while collaborating with architecture and integration teams on enterprise API initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree in CIS, Computer Science, or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering / IT

3+ years supporting enterprise-grade applications or platforms in production environments

Strong operational understanding of API management platforms, preferably Apigee Hybrid

Demonstrated knowledge of Linux Operating Systems

Experience managing and supporting distributed systems, containers, or Kubernetes‑based deployments

Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, load balancing, routing)

Working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools (Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.)

Familiarity with observability stacks (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar)

Experience performing root cause analysis, troubleshooting platform-level issues, and driving long-term remediation

Functional scripting abilities (Bash, Python, or similar) to automate operational tasks

Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem‑solving skills

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment

Strong communication skills, capable of interfacing with operations, architecture, and development teams

Customer-focused mindset with dedication to delivering stable and secure platform services

Hands-on experience with Apigee Hybrid runtime components, including Router, Message Processor, Synchronizer, and Cassandra-based data stores

Experience operating API gateways in hybrid or multi‑cloud environments

Understanding of API security models, including OAuth, mTLS, JWT, and key/token management

Experience implementing and supporting platform upgrades, versioning strategies, and patch management for API gateways

Knowledge of Kubernetes objects (Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets) and experience running workloads on GKE, EKS, or similar

Familiarity with service mesh concepts (Istio, Envoy) and API traffic patterns