Cognizant
Apigee Lead Developer
Hybrid role with once per month visit to the office in Leeds.
Looking for someone who is SC Cleared or SC Eligible (has lived in the UK for the last 5 years)
Summary
Apigee Lead Engineer with strong expertise in Google Apigee, including migration from Apigee Edge to Apigee X. Skilled in bridging development and operations by automating workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring reliable software deployment. Proven ability to manage infrastructure, monitor performance, and collaborate across teams to maintain scalable, secure, and resilient systems.
Key role and responsibilities
* Build, deploy, and monitor solutions using AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, ECS, ECR, Dynamo, S3 etc.)
* Integrate APIs into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Github workflows
* Lead and execute migration projects from Apigee Edge to Apigee X, ensuring minimal disruption and optimal performance
* Design, deploy, and manage applications tailored to business needs, while customizing platforms and overseeing the full API lifecycle using Apigee Edge and X.
* Drive API strategy execution, provide technical support, and generate insights through analytics to enhance integrations and documentation.
Key skills for this role
* Security Cleared or SC Eligible
* Excellent leadership communication, coaching and mentoring the team.
* Senior stakeholder engagement, ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the organization including Executive Directors. This includes economic considerations for the product roadmap.
* Extensive experience with Google Apigee, including migration from Edge to X
* Ability to generate custom analytics reports for API consumption and errors
* Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) is a must
* Proficiency with AWS cloud tools and architecture, including deploying microservices using ECS, ECR and Fargate.
* Hands-on experience with Python
* Hands-on experience with Docker.
* Experience in setting up and managing Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
* Understanding of build and deployment methodologies for distributed systems
* Solid experience with enterprise-grade applications and systems
* Proficiency in Node.js-based web applications
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Implementation of API security and access control (OAuth, API keys, JWT, etc.)
* Familiarity with API design patterns, best practices, and performance optimisation
If you wish to apply kindly email your profile to christina.ioannidis@cognizant.com