Cloud Engineer – API

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. Design, build, configure, and support API proxies, products, policies, gateways, and reusable components in Apigee and Azure API Management .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeBirmingham • Alabama • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in API design, management, and security across cloud platforms, with a strong focus on GCP and Azure. Proficient in implementing Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices to enhance API lifecycle management and operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

API Design and ManagementGCP and Azure ProficiencyInfrastructure as Code with TerraformRESTful API Standards and OpenAPISecurity and Governance Implementation

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Hard Skills

API Proxy DevelopmentOAuth 2.0 ImplementationOpenID ConnectJWT ValidationCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureKubernetesTerraformApigee XAzure API Management

Soft Skills

TroubleshootingCross-Functional CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

GCPAzureTerraformCI/CD PlatformsDeveloper Portals

Industry Keywords

API Lifecycle ManagementCloud IntegrationSecurity StandardsVersioning PracticesHybrid Connectivity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDNSGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPythonTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, configure, and support API proxies, products, policies, gateways, and reusable components in Apigee and Azure API Management
Establish RESTful design standards, versioning practices, lifecycle controls, naming conventions, and deployment patterns across GCP and Azure
Implement OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT validation, mutual TLS, certificates, secrets, threat protection, quotas, and rate limiting
Develop CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code for repeatable API platform and configuration changes
Manage API catalogs, developer portals, documentation, subscriptions, credentials, and onboarding workflows
Monitor availability, traffic, latency, errors, capacity, and security events; build dashboards and alerts; troubleshoot incidents; and improve service-level objectives
Engineer secure connectivity to cloud, on-premises, partner, and SaaS backends
Partner with application, security, network, platform, and architecture teams to define API contracts, review designs, document standards, mentor engineers, and drive platform adoption
Own solutions across the API lifecycle from design and automated delivery through security, observability, optimization, and production support

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience
5+ years of cloud, integration, or API engineering experience, including production ownership of enterprise API gateway or management platforms
Hands-on experience with both GCP and Azure, including Apigee and Azure API Management
Experience translating common governance and security requirements into platform-specific implementations
Experience designing APIs with OpenAPI
Experience publishing products and documentation, managing consumer access, and supporting versioning, deprecation, analytics, and production operations
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and automated delivery using Terraform or equivalent tooling, source control, testing, and CI/CD platforms
Experience with microservices, containers, Kubernetes, event-driven integration, private connectivity, and hybrid or multi-cloud architecture patterns
Advanced knowledge of RESTful API design, OpenAPI Specification, contract-first development, versioning, and backward compatibility
Strong knowledge of Apigee X proxy development, policies, shared flows, products, environments, analytics, developer portals, and hybrid connectivity patterns
Strong knowledge of Azure API Management gateways, policies, products, subscriptions, revisions, versions, named values, developer portal capabilities, diagnostics, and private network integration
Working knowledge of GCP IAM and Microsoft Entra ID, service identities, secret and certificate management, and least-privilege access patterns
Strong understanding of DNS, load balancing, VPC/VNet design, private endpoints, firewall controls, routing, TLS, and hybrid connectivity
Ability to create maintainable automation and platform extensions using Terraform and scripting or programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/Node.js, Java, PowerShell, or Go
Strong troubleshooting, observability, incident response, documentation, mentoring, and cross-functional communication skills
Licenses & certifications: None required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare coverage options
401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Vacation pay
Sick pay
Holiday pay