James Montgomery

James Montgomery

πŸ”΄ Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

Cloud Migration Lead | Apigee Edge to Apigee X Enterprise Migration

Edinburgh, United Kingdom 9+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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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 United Kingdom and global enterprises.

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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)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 4
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 2
Apigee Hybrid
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
API Hub
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Apigee Developer Portal
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 20
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
gRPC Proxies
Advanced
πŸ‘ 22
API Versioning Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
API Product Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 12
API Key Management
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 23
JWT / JWS Validation
Expert
πŸ‘ 6
SAML
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Threat Protection Policies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Data Masking
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 12
Spike Arrest
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
Response Caching
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Advanced
πŸ‘ 22
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 22
Apigee Monetization
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
API Metrics & KPI Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
Apigee Management API
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
apigeetool / apigeecli
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced
πŸ‘ 13
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 17
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 7
API Security Architecture
Expert
πŸ‘ 22
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Cloud Migration Lead | Apigee Edge To Apigee X Enterprise Mi Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· United Kingdom
Apr 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 X
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Cloud Migration Lead | Apigee Edge To Apigee X Enterprise Mi Β· Telecommunications Β· United Kingdom
May 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 APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Cloud Migration Lead | Apigee Edge To Apigee X Enterprise Mi Β· Telecommunications Β· United Kingdom
Jan 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: 10M - 50M calls/month
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Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Jul 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Jun 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· May 2025
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Feb 2022
Verified