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Job Description: You are seeking a highly skilled Apigee Solution & Platform Architect with expertise in API Gateway, Microservices, Kubernetes, Linux, Networking, and Infrastructure Architecture. Your role involves end-to-end ownership of API design, platform engineering, production support, infrastructure resilience, and solution architecture, ensuring delivery aligned with banking-grade standards. Key Responsibilities: - Lead API proxy and microservice design, development, and governance for scalability, security, and compliance. - Review and approve all development designs, enforcing best practices and architectural maturity. - Conduct architecture gap assessments and recommend corrective solutions. - Drive quarterly innovation by introducing emerging technologies like GenAI accelerators for monitoring, reporting, and automation. Platform & Infrastructure Engineering: - Architect and manage Apigee Hybrid deployments on Anthos/GKE/NodePort clusters. - Build automation pipelines for CI/CD, patching, and upgrades. - Ensure platform resilience, failover readiness, and DR strategy. - Administer and optimize Kubernetes, Linux system administration, and performance tuning. Networking & Infra: - Design and maintain GSLB, Load Balancer, and Citrix Netscaler setups for high availability. - Validate DNS, TLS certs, firewall, and connectivity policies. - Optimize network throughput, latency management, and failover processes. Production Support & RCA: - Provide end-to-end ownership of production issues for Apigee runtime, APIs, and platform. - Establish an RCA culture by raising problem tickets, documenting learnings, and implementing preventive fixes. - Proactively identify potential issues before they occur leveraging monitoring, AI/ML-driven analytics, and automation. - Enhance patch responsiveness with automation-driven rollout processes. Trade Finance flows and integration models: - RIB (Retail Internet Banking) and CIB (Corporate Internet Banking) flows. - Ensure solutions meet regulatory and compliance requirements (RBI, NPCI, ISO 20022 standards, etc.). GenAI & Emerging Tech: - Apply Generative AI capabilities in various areas like automated knowledge extraction, predictive analysis, AI-assisted documentation, and conversational interfaces/chatbots. - Evaluate and propose GenAI-driven solutions to improve delivery and support models. Required Skills & Experience: - 10+ years IT experience, with 5+ years in Apigee and strong microservices expertise. - Proficiency in API proxy design, shared flows, governance, debugging, and optimization. - Expertise in Kubernetes, Linux, and core networking fundamentals. - Hands-on experience with GSLB, Load Balancing, Citrix Netscaler/F5, DNS, TLS, firewalls. - Proven infra automation skills and exposure to Generative AI/ML tools. - Familiarity with banking/financial production environments is desirable. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. Preferred Certifications: - Apigee/Google Cloud: Professional Cloud Architect / Apigee API Engineer Certification. - Kubernetes: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA/CKAD). - AI/ML/GenAI: Google Cloud Generative AI Professional Certificate, AWS AI/ML Specialty, or Microsoft AI Engineer Associate. - ITIL v4 or equivalent for production & support alignment. Job Description: You are seeking a highly skilled Apigee Solution & Platform Architect with expertise in API Gateway, Microservices, Kubernetes, Linux, Networking, and Infrastructure Architecture. Your role involves end-to-end ownership of API design, platform engineering, production support, infrastructure resilience, and solution architecture, ensuring delivery aligned with banking-grade standards. Key Responsibilities: - Lead API proxy and microservice design, development, and governance for scalability, security, and compliance. - Review and approve all development designs, enforcing best practices and architectural maturity. - Conduct architecture gap assessments and recommend corrective solutions. - Drive quarterly innovation by introducing emerging technologies like GenAI accelerators for monitoring, reporting, and automation. Platform & Infrastructure Engineering: - Architect and manage Apigee Hybrid deployments on Anthos/GKE/NodePort clusters. - Build automation pipelines for CI/CD, patching, and upgrades. - Ensure platform resilience, failover readiness, and DR strategy. - Administer and optimize Kubernetes, Linux system administration, and performance tuning. Networking & Infra: - Design and maintain GSLB, Load Balancer, and Citrix Netscaler setups for high availability. - Validate DNS, TLS certs, firewall, and connectivity policies. - Optimize network throughput, latency management, and failover processes. Production Support & RCA: - Provide end-to-end ownership of production issues for Apigee runtime, APIs, and platform. - Establish an RCA culture by raising problem tickets, documenting learnings, and implementing preven
