Kenji Takahashi

Kenji Takahashi

πŸ’Ž Apigee Champion Verified Specialist

Principal API Architect | High-Reliability Enterprise Gateways

Tokyo, Japan 12+ 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 12 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across Japan 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)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 10
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Apigee Hybrid
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Hub
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 4
Apigee Developer Portal
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
GraphQL Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 12
gRPC Proxies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
API Versioning Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
API Product Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert
πŸ‘ 12
API Key Management
Expert
πŸ‘ 18
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
SAML
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
Threat Protection Policies
Expert
πŸ‘ 4
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Data Masking
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
Spike Arrest
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
Response Caching
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 24
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
Apigee Monetization
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 23
API Metrics & KPI Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
Apigee Management API
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 4
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert
πŸ‘ 15
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced
πŸ‘ 1
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 7
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert
πŸ‘ 12
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 22
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
API Security Architecture
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Principal API Architect | High-Reliability Enterprise Gatewa Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· Japan
Jun 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 #3
Principal API Architect | High-Reliability Enterprise Gatewa Β· Government & Public Sector Β· Japan
May 2022 – Feb 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: 500M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE X
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Principal API Architect | High-Reliability Enterprise Gatewa Β· Government & Public Sector Β· Japan
Nov 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
Apigee APIGEE X
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Feb 2025
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Apr 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Jun 2023
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Oct 2022
Verified