Brandon Brooks

Brandon Brooks

🟠 API Architect

Enterprise API Monetization & Developer Portal Strategist

Atlanta, United States 7+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 7 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across United States and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Apigee Skill Matrix
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
👍 15
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Expert Exam Validated
👍 13
Apigee Hybrid
Intermediate
👍 15
API Hub
Intermediate
👍 8
Apigee Developer Portal
Advanced
👍 17
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 20
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 4
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
👍 13
gRPC Proxies
Expert
👍 7
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced
👍 23
API Product Strategy
Expert
👍 22
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert
👍 24
API Key Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 24
JWT / JWS Validation
Intermediate
👍 5
SAML
Advanced
👍 22
Threat Protection Policies
Intermediate
👍 4
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
👍 17
Data Masking
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Intermediate
👍 12
Spike Arrest
Expert
👍 5
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 2
Response Caching
Intermediate
👍 7
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
👍 18
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
👍 13
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Intermediate
👍 18
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 2
Apigee Monetization
Advanced
👍 20
API Metrics & KPI Design
Intermediate
👍 6
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
Terraform for Apigee
Expert Exam Validated
👍 10
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
👍 2
apigeetool / apigeecli
Intermediate
👍 7
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced
👍 1
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
👍 12
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 10
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 11
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
👍 1
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
👍 2
API Security Architecture
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Enterprise API Monetization & Developer Portal Strategist · Telecommunications · United States
Aug 2023 – Present

Architected and delivered mission-critical proxy suites with automated OAuth2 token lifecycle management, Spike Arrest policies, distributed caching, and zero-downtime CI/CD automation.

Scale: 500M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Enterprise API Monetization & Developer Portal Strategist · Retail & E-Commerce · United States
Sep 2022 – May 2025

Architected and delivered mission-critical proxy suites with automated OAuth2 token lifecycle management, Spike Arrest policies, distributed caching, and zero-downtime CI/CD automation.

Scale: 10M - 50M calls/month
Apigee APIGEE HYBRID
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Enterprise API Monetization & Developer Portal Strategist · Financial Services / Banking · United States
Nov 2021 – May 2024

Architected and delivered mission-critical proxy suites with automated OAuth2 token lifecycle management, Spike Arrest policies, distributed caching, and zero-downtime CI/CD automation.

Scale: 100M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · May 2025
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Feb 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Apr 2025
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Jun 2025
Verified