Emily Vance

Emily Vance

πŸ”΄ Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

Lead API Security Specialist | mTLS, Threat Protection & SPIFFE

Toronto, Canada 9+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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Projects
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Skills Matrix
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 9 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across Canada and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Mentorship Availability

Happy to guide aspiring architects on Apigee X migrations and OAuth 2.0 security patterns.

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Apigee Skill Matrix
πŸ”΅ Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Apigee Hybrid
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
API Hub
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
Apigee Developer Portal
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 20
REST API Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 12
gRPC Proxies
Advanced
πŸ‘ 11
API Versioning Strategy
Expert
πŸ‘ 4
API Product Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 17
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
API Key Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 21
SAML
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 20
Threat Protection Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Data Masking
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 22
Spike Arrest
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 8
Response Caching
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 6
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 6
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Apigee Monetization
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Metrics & KPI Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Terraform for Apigee
Expert
πŸ‘ 18
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
apigeetool / apigeecli
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
API Security Architecture
Expert
πŸ‘ 3
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Lead API Security Specialist | MTLS, Threat Protection & SPI Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· Canada
May 2022 – Apr 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: 1B+ calls/month
Apigee OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Lead API Security Specialist | MTLS, Threat Protection & SPI Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· Canada
Aug 2021 – 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
Lead API Security Specialist | MTLS, Threat Protection & SPI Β· Telecommunications Β· Canada
Mar 2021 – 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 HYBRID
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Apr 2024
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Sep 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Nov 2022
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Sep 2022
Verified