Job Position: Apigee Architect
Job Location: : Jersey City / Dallas/ Tampa- ONSITE
Job Duration: Long Term Contract
Rate :: $65/Hr
15 + Year Experience - Own the Apigee Edge-to-Hybrid migration program end-to-end, from architecture and planning through implementation, go-live, and stabilization.
Act as the single point of contact and technical leader for the customer, with complete accountability for project delivery and outcomes.
Provide deep expertise in Apigee Edge, Apigee Hybrid, OCP/Kubernetes and Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform) architecture.
Define and drive all migration prerequisites, architecture decisions, dependencies, readiness criteria, cutover and validation activities.
Lead and coordinate customer and internal teams across OCP, Google Cloud Platform, Network, Security, Akamai/WAF, IAM, DevOps, Infrastructure and Observability.
Design a secure, scalable, resilient and highly available API platform, covering OAuth 2.0, JWT, TLS/mTLS and enterprise identity integration.
Drive technical decisions, proactively identify risks/blockers and own them through resolution, rather than functioning only as a coordinator.
Provide architectural oversight for API proxies, shared flows, CI/CD, Terraform/Helm, automation, monitoring and performance optimization.
Lead customer architecture workshops, migration-readiness reviews and technical governance, translating complex issues into clear decisions and actions.
Demonstrate strong technical leadership, customer/stakeholder management and ownership mindset, taking full accountability for successful delivery of the Apigee Hybrid platform.
