Jonathan Reed

Jonathan Reed

πŸ”΄ Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

Retail Omnichannel API Solution Lead | High-throughput Caching

Dallas, United States 9+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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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 United States 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
πŸ‘ 15
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Apigee Hybrid
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
API Hub
Advanced
πŸ‘ 9
Apigee Developer Portal
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 16
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
REST API Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
GraphQL Proxies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 17
API Versioning Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 7
API Product Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
API Key Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 7
SAML
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 12
Threat Protection Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 3
mTLS Configuration
Advanced
πŸ‘ 5
Data Masking
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
Spike Arrest
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 18
Response Caching
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 7
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 6
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 5
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
Apigee Monetization
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
API Metrics & KPI Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Apigee Management API
Advanced
πŸ‘ 5
apigeetool / apigeecli
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 6
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 3
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 6
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 3
API Security Architecture
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 4
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Retail Omnichannel API Solution Lead | High-throughput Cachi Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· United States
Jan 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: 10M - 50M calls/month
Apigee OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Retail Omnichannel API Solution Lead | High-throughput Cachi Β· Financial Services / Banking Β· United States
Aug 2022 – 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 #3
Retail Omnichannel API Solution Lead | High-throughput Cachi Β· Telecommunications Β· United States
Sep 2022 – Jan 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: 1B+ calls/month
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Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Mar 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Aug 2025
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Aug 2024
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Feb 2023
Verified