IT Expert Principal

In this role you will lead hands-on delivery of Apigee X-based API capabilities on GCP for a major technology programme. You will design, build, test, and support secure, scalable APIs while collaborating with platform, application, security, network and SRE teams. You’ll own technical outcomes, solve complex integration and routing problems, and create repeatable deployment patterns. This is a high-impact, delivery-focused opportunity with immediate contribution to API maturity and operational reliability.

• Design, build and configure API capabilities within Apigee X and GCP
• Develop API proxies, policies, shared flows, target servers, API products and environment configs
• Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, certificates and service accounts
• Troubleshoot end-to-end API routing, connectivity, DNS, TLS, authentication and performance issues
• Automate Apigee configuration and deployments using Terraform and CI/CD tooling
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for testing, validation, deployment, promotion and rollback
• Support API migration and onboarding onto Apigee X
• Provide production support, incident investigation and root-cause analysis
• Produce clear test evidence, technical documentation, onboarding guidance and runbooks
• Collaborate with application, platform, architecture, security, network and SRE teams

• Hands-on experience delivering and supporting Apigee X
• Strong REST API and API security knowledge (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS)
• Experience with Apigee policies (OAuthV2, VerifyAPIKey, AssignMessage, ServiceCallout, SpikeArrest, Quota)
• Automation of Apigee X/GCP configurations using Terraform and APIs
• CI/CD experience with GitHub, Harness, Jenkins, Cloud Build or similar
• Understanding of GCP networking, DNS, IAM, service accounts, TLS and private connectivity
• Linux scripting or development skills (Python, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js)
• Experience with migrations to Apigee X and familiarity with GKE, Cloud Run, Istio/Anthos Service Mesh; additional tooling such as Backstage, Dynatrace, Google Cloud Operations, ServiceNow is advantageous

• Collaborative and cross-functional teamwork
• Ownership and accountability for technical outcomes
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting in complex environments
• Apigee X and API gateway design
• API proxies, policies, shared flows, API products
• OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, certificates