Apigee (GCP) Platform Engineering Lead

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Learn more about why Accenture’s Google Cloud Business Group was named the 2019 Apigee Global SI Partner of the Year

You are:

The Google Cloud (GCP) Apigee Platform Lead is responsible for the implementation of cloud native APIs built on GCP Apigee EDGE API management platform.

You will work with customers, cloud partners, and other internal groups to evaluate supporting new technologies, industry specific use cases and architectures based on client needs.

Using Google Cloud Platform’s Apigee EDGE platform, you will implement state-of-the-art, scalable, high performance solutions that meet the need of today’s corporate and emerging digital applications. 

On the job learning: opportunity to be immersed in the design and implementation of human-centric solutions to help solve client’s largest and most complex challenges, powered by the latest Google technologies and industry’s best practices such event-driven architectures and domain driven design.

Collaborate on internal assets and contribute to open-source community projects.

Being part of Accenture Google Business Group’s close-knit, vibrant community; client teams pushing the boundaries of new business capabilities and emerging Google technologies sharing their experiences and lessons learned with each other.

Opportunity to learn and work with Accenture’s certified Google Fellows and certified Google Cloud practitioners.

The work:

  • Responsible for the development and management of cloud native APIs including design, build, and test on Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) Apigee EDGE API management platform.
  • Define, design, build, deliver and run the engagement’s, platform’s and/or product’s required architecture (i.e., development, operations, execution, data, application, etc.)
  • Provide the work’s technical conscience, defining and driving the right solution to meet the technical performance, scalability, flexibility, operations and capability needs
  • Define and ensure that technology standards are followed and evolve over time
  • Provide architecture Quality Assurance reviews for proposals and ongoing engagements
  • Support the technology solutioning and estimating in proposals, planning and pricing
  • Define world-class IT architectures
  • Establish Accenture as a technology thought leaders in the marketplace
  • Drive and develop technology vision, innovation, expertise, and thought leadership
  • Conduct architecture assessments and define solutions
  • Create value to Accenture’s clients through innovative problem solving and utilizing current digital transformation trends. 
  • Collaborate with applications owners/developers, stakeholders, and strategic partners during and lead the process of building API solutions.
  • Take ownership of problem resolution or ensure a clear hand-off to the right owner 
  • Troubleshoot and resolve problems with pre-prod and production services.
  • Present status reports to clients and key internal stakeholders.
  • Contribute to and/or lead teams and processes to achieve strategic goals.
  • For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.
  • Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.

Qualifications

Here’s what you need:

  • Minimum of 5 years of application design and development experience in a cloud environment, including 2+ years of coding REST services and API such as: Java, JSON, Python.
  • Minimum 2 year of Google Cloud Platform’s Apigee EDGE platform and API development experience through the entire Software Development Lifecycle Process.
  • Minimum 2 year of user interface and web services development.
  • Implementation and delivery experience for at least 1 Google Cloud Platform Apigee EDGE client solution. 
  • Apigee Certification or other Google Cloud Certifications
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

    (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience). 

As required by the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado.

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of Colorado only, the range of starting pay for this role is $89,900
– $167,499. 

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COVID-19 update: 

The safety and well-being of our candidates, our people and their families continues to be a top priority.

Until travel restrictions change, interviews will continue to be conducted virtually. 

Please be aware that Accenture requires all employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.

Accenture will consider requests for medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement during the recruiting process.

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