Senior GCP Apigee Engineer
Senior GCP Apigee Engineer Overview Our client is seeking a Senior GCP Apigee Engineer to join their Public Cloud Platform team. This role is key to delivering secure, compliant, and scalable Google Cloud and API capabilities across the organisation. The successful candidate will support innovation and enable seamless Google Cloud adoption, helping to deliver resilient and efficient cloud-native solutions. As part of a cross-functional feature team, this individual will also contribute as a senior member of the wider engineering community, driving high-quality change and API modernisation initiatives. Role & Responsibilities Lead hands-on development and management of the Google Apigee API Management Platform Design, build, and deploy API proxies, policies, and configurations Implement CI/CD pipelines for API lifecycle management (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness) Develop and maintain API security policies including OAuth, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting, and threat protection Automate Apigee deployments using Infrastructure as Code principles Integrate Apigee with GCP services such as Cloud Functions and Pub/Sub Develop Python scripts to automate API operations and workflows Manage API analytics, monitoring, and logging to ensure performance and compliance Enforce GCP Organization Policies and API governance standards Collaborate with DevOps teams on containerised deployments using GKE Optimise API performance through caching, quota management, and traffic routing Support migration of legacy APIs into standardised, reusable Apigee templatesSkills & Experience Strong hands-on experience with Google Apigee API Management Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Proficiency in Python scripting for automation Experience with Jenkins, GitHub, or Harness Knowledge of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Strong understanding of API security standards and policy-as-code (OPA/Sentinel) GCP Certification (preferably Apigee Certified API Engineer)Package Basic Salary: £80K - £90K Excellent Bonus Full Bens Hybrid 2-3 days onsite / Manchester