Gabriel Thorne

Gabriel Thorne

πŸ’Ž Apigee Champion Verified Specialist

CDR (Consumer Data Right) Open Banking Apigee Architect

Sydney, Australia 11+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across Australia 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‘ 12
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 18
Apigee Hybrid
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Hub
Advanced
πŸ‘ 16
Apigee Developer Portal
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 24
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 22
REST API Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 4
GraphQL Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 17
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 3
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 5
API Key Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 24
JWT / JWS Validation
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
SAML
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
mTLS Configuration
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 2
Data Masking
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 16
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Expert
πŸ‘ 18
Spike Arrest
Expert
πŸ‘ 7
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Response Caching
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 24
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 16
Apigee Monetization
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Metrics & KPI Design
Advanced
πŸ‘ 4
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 17
Terraform for Apigee
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 10
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert
πŸ‘ 22
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 4
Environment & Organisation Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 17
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Expert
πŸ‘ 23
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert
πŸ‘ 6
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 18
API Security Architecture
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 6
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
CDR (Consumer Data Right) Open Banking Apigee Architect Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· Australia
Dec 2024 – 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: 1B+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
CDR (Consumer Data Right) Open Banking Apigee Architect Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· Australia
Aug 2022 – Jan 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 OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
CDR (Consumer Data Right) Open Banking Apigee Architect Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· Australia
Sep 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: 100M+ calls/month
Apigee OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Jul 2025
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Aug 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Aug 2024
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Feb 2022
Verified