W2 Contract Remote Role_ Cloud Platform Engineer – Apigee Hybrid & Kubernetes

Location: Rochester, NY (100% Remote)

Position Type: W2 Contract

Duration: 9 Months Contract

Mandatory skills: APIGEE, Google Cloud Platform & Kubernetes, Terraform, IAC

Job Description:

The contractor will support the design, deployment, and stabilization of Client Apigee Hybrid API platform across multi-cloud (Google Cloud Platform, Azure/AKS) and on-prem environments, aligned with a parallel Akamai edge routing and security implementation. Responsibilities include provisioning and managing Kubernetes infrastructure, deploying Apigee Hybrid runtimes and Akamai components, configuring multi-cloud networking, and developing Terraform-based infrastructure as code. The role will also support CI/CD integration, observability and SIEM connectivity, and production readiness activities while collaborating with internal teams and external partners. This individual will operate in a milestone-driven environment, ensuring infrastructure readiness, supporting go-live timelines, and providing documentation and knowledge transfer for long-term operational ownership.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years Kubernetes (AKS required; GKE/on-prem preferred)
• Strong multi-cloud (Azure & Google Cloud Platform) experience
• Terraform / IaC and CI/CD pipeline experience
• Familiarity with Apigee Hybrid architecture
• Understanding of edge platforms (Akamai preferred)
• Experience with observability, SIEM, and Zero-Trust security

Key Competencies:

• Self-driven problem solver
• Able to work in milestone-driven, dependency-heavy environment
• Strong collaboration and documentation skills
• Experience supporting cross-cloud and on-prem infrastructure

Nice to Have:

• Healthcare/regulated environment experience
• Cloud or Kubernetes certifications
• Apigee Hybrid or Akamai (Noname) experience
• GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)