Role Overview :

iSteer is looking for an experienced Apigee Architect to design, govern, and deliver enterprise API management solutions using the Google Apigee Platform. The role involves defining API strategies, API-led architecture, governance frameworks, security standards, lifecycle management practices, and providing technical leadership for enterprise digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define enterprise API management architecture using Apigee.

- Design scalable, secure, and reusable API solutions and API ecosystems.

- Develop API strategy, governance models, lifecycle management practices, and implementation roadmaps.

- Design and configure Apigee API Proxies, Products, Developers, Apps, Portals, Policies, and Flows.

- Implement REST APIs, SOAP services, microservices, and backend integrations.

- Define API security standards using OAuth, JWT, TLS, API Keys, and policies.

- Design API gateway patterns, traffic management, caching, throttling, and rate limiting strategies.

- Establish API governance standards and conduct API design reviews.

- Ensure APIs meet enterprise requirements for security, performance, scalability, and compliance.

- Design hybrid and cloud API management solutions across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments.

- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture guidance, and solution reviews.

- Collaborate with enterprise architects, developers, business teams, and delivery stakeholders.

- Support production issues, API monitoring, troubleshooting, and platform optimization.

- Drive Agile delivery, DevOps practices, CI/CD automation, and reusable API frameworks.

Leadership Responsibilities :

- Lead and mentor Apigee development and API engineering teams.

- Define API architecture standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks.

- Conduct API governance reviews, technical workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

- Participate in architecture councils and technology decision-making.

- Support solution proposals, estimations, customer discussions, and technical presentations.

Required Experience :

- 12+ years of enterprise integration and API management experience with strong Apigee architecture experience.

- Extensive experience designing enterprise API platforms using Apigee Edge / Apigee X.

- Strong understanding of API-led connectivity, API lifecycle management, and API governance.

- Experience delivering large-scale API transformation and digital initiatives.

- Proven experience in architecture governance, technical leadership, and stakeholder management.

- Strong knowledge of API security, scalability, performance, and operational best practices.

Education :

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Role Impact :

The Apigee Architect will drive enterprise API transformation initiatives by designing secure, scalable, and reusable API management solutions. The role will establish API governance practices, enable API-led digital ecosystems, improve system connectivity, and provide architectural leadership across enterprise platforms.

Why Join iSteer :

- Opportunity to work with a globally growing technology services organization.

- Exposure to enterprise customers across multiple geographies and industries.

- Access to a broad portfolio spanning Integration, Automation, Data & AI, Cloud, and Product Engineering.

- Collaborative environment with strong technical and delivery capabilities.

- Ability to directly influence business growth and market expansion.