Job DescriptionWWe are seeking a
hands-on Apigee Senior Technical Consultant with proven experience in
Apigee X and Apigee Hybrid environments. This role is ideal for professionals who thrive in both technical delivery and strategic client engagement. You will lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable API management solutions, while also supporting pre-sales efforts and mentoring junior team members.
As an Apigee Senior Technical Consultant
, you will participate in the design, curation, implementation, and maturation of leading API management technologies to transform enterprises into market-dominating and market-separating firms.
You will drive all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes estimating, design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of applications developed for our clients. As a member in our team environment you will collaborate with other solution architects, advisors, administrators and developers on interpretation and translation of wireframes and functional requirements-leading to production quality applications and solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities- Lead the technical implementation of outcomes resulting in the gathering phases of estimation, development, testing, solution lifecycle, solution refactoring, and solution deprecation or sunsetting.
- Serve as a technical lead and mentor. Provide technical expertise and leadership in the development and continual improvement of Perficient Solutions.
- Responsible for the implementation, delivery, and support of sophisticated API Management solutions.
- Develop Proof-of-Concept and Proof-of-Value repeatable and extensible artifacts to validate new architectures and solutions.
- Support Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping and creation of technical solutions for the new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production.
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience level.
Qualifications- Minimum 5 years' experience in architecting API solutions
- Minimum 2 years' hands-on experience architecting and delivering Apigee solutions
- Deep experience with Apigee X and Hybrid
- While other hyperscaler experience is desired, GCP experience is a must
- Demostrable production enterprise experience required
- 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
- Experience with load balancers, firewalls, TCP, TLS, SSH, automated testing of APIs, Jenkins, CI/CD etc. concepts a plus
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution.
- Familiarity with AI-enhanced platforms is a plus.
- A solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations is expected.
Preferred skills and education:- Client facing or consulting experience highly preferred
- Enterprise Operations experience highly preferred
- Mulesoft, Data Power, Boomi experience nice to have
- Apigee certifications / skill badges nice to have
- AWS, Azure Cloud experience a plus, GCP skills required
- Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams
Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.
ABOUT THE TEAMOur Cloud Infrastructure & API Management team helps the world's leading brands modernize infrastructure, applications, and integrations to thrive in today's digital economy. We deliver cloud-native development, app modernization, AI Enterprise Adoption, AI Governance, AI Obervability, MCP Gateways, AI Gateways, API management, SRE and DevOps solutions, enabling clients to maximize cloud investments, streamline processes, and drive innovation across the enterprise. Join a team that's harnessing the power of AI to build intelligent, self-optimizing cloud environments-leveraging predictive analytics, generative tools, and automation to create smarter, more resilient digital ecosystems.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONApplications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.
The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $81,978 to $178,090. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential variable compensation programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview.
Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
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