Hybrid
Senior GCP APIGEE Engineer - up to £90,000 + Bonus
Manchester, Greater Manchester
£70000.00 - £90000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Permanent
Senior GCP Apigee Engineer Salary: up to £90,000 + Bonus + Benefits Location: Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite (Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester or Edinburgh) Working Hours: 40 hours per weekA globally established organisation is seeking a Senior GCP Apigee Engineer to join a Public Cloud Platform function, delivering secure, scalable and compliant API solutions across enterprise environments. This is a senior, hands-on engineering role focused on modernising API gateways, automating deployments and enabling cloud-native integration across Google Cloud.The Senior GCP Apigee Engineer role is suited to an experienced Apigee specialist who combines deep API management expertise with strong DevOps capability, enjoys working within cross-disciplinary feature teams and can contribute to scalable cloud product delivery.Responsibilities for the Senior GCP Apigee Engineer:Design, build and manage API proxies, policies and configurations within Google ApigeeDevelop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting full API lifecycle managementImplement and enforce API security policies including OAuth, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting and threat protectionAutomate Apigee deployments and configurations using Infrastructure as Code principlesIntegrate Apigee with Google Cloud services including Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub and BigQueryDevelop automation scripts and operational workflows using PythonManage API analytics, monitoring and logging to ensure performance and complianceEnforce governance standards and organisation policies across API ecosystemsCollaborate with DevOps teams to deploy containerised components within GKE environmentsOptimise API performance using caching, quota management and intelligent traffic routingSupport migration of legacy APIs into modernised Apigee frameworksStandardise reusable templates and patterns for enterprise API developmentEssential Skills for the Senior GCP Apigee Engineer:Strong hands-on experience with Google Apigee API ManagementProven experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for API deploymentsStrong Python scripting capability for automationExperience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar pipeline toolingKnowledge of container orchestration within Google Kubernetes EngineUnderstanding of API security standards and policy-as-code frameworksExperience working within enterprise cloud environmentsGCP certification, ideally Apigee Certified API EngineerDesirable Skills for the Senior GCP Apigee Engineer:Experience with Terraform or Terraform Cloud for Infrastructure as CodeFamiliarity with API development platformsStrong communication and stakeholder engagement skillsExperience operating as a senior SME within cloud engineering teamsIf you are an experienced GCP Apigee Engineer with strong API architecture and automation expertise, looking to lead scalable enterprise API initiatives within a cloud-first environment, please apply in the immediate instance.