Design, build, and operate the enterprise API and AI platform supporting multiple business domains (Finance, HR, Supply Chain)
Own the API and AI gateway platform lifecycle, including account topology, RBAC, network architecture, governance, CI/CD automation, and disaster recovery
Develop, deploy, and manage API proxies, shared flows, and gateway policies to enable secure and scalable API exposure
Design and implement multi-cloud gateway architectures leveraging Apigee, AWS API Gateway, and Azure API Management
Implement secure network connectivity, including Azure Private Link, private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, and network policy enforcement
Develop and maintain Terraform modules to automate provisioning and lifecycle management of API gateway and platform resources
Enable self-service platform consumption through validated YAML manifests and automated deployments via CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Shield CI/CD)
Integrate platform and gateway capabilities with Entra ID (Azure AD) using SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, and enterprise RBAC patterns
Manage service authentication, secrets, and key rotation using HashiCorp Vault and Azure Key Vault
Implement and enforce API security controls, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, mTLS, and threat protection policies
Enforce security and compliance controls, including audit logging, policy-as-code, tagging, access controls, and governance standards
Embed infrastructure and supply-chain security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
Design and implement GraphQL gateway architectures for backend orchestration and modern API consumption patterns
Design for resiliency and cost efficiency, including resource optimization, capacity planning, cost allocation, and chargeback models
Own cross-region disaster recovery strategies, replication design, and RPO/RTO adherence for platform services
Implement observability and monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog, and AppDynamics
Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA) for platform and gateway-related issues
Govern secure data and API sharing patterns, ensuring proper access controls, auditing, and usage monitoring
Partner with Cloud, IAM, Security, Networking, and FinOps teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams and drive platform adoption and best practices
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
Six to eight years of relevant experience
7+ years of experience in platform engineering, API gateway engineering, or cloud infrastructure
Strong hands-on expertise with Apigee (OPDK, Hybrid) including platform architecture, proxy development, deployment, and troubleshooting
Proven experience in enterprise API gateway engineering, including: API proxy lifecycle (design, build, deploy, operate)
Traffic management, mediation, transformation, caching, and analytics
Gateway performance tuning and high-throughput optimization
Strong systems engineering / systems administration background, including: Linux/Unix system administration