Lachlan Taylor

Lachlan Taylor

🔴 Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Envoy & Apigee Hybrid

Melbourne, Australia 8+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
6,400
Reputation XP
0
Certificates
3
Projects
40
Skills Matrix
513
Endorsements
126
Profile Views
Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 8 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.

Upcoming Slots

No upcoming open slots scheduled at this time.

Apigee Skill Matrix
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
👍 23
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
👍 19
Apigee Hybrid
Expert
👍 16
API Hub
Expert Exam Validated
👍 14
Apigee Developer Portal
Expert Exam Validated
👍 4
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert Exam Validated
👍 1
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
GraphQL Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
gRPC Proxies
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
API Versioning Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
👍 21
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
👍 7
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Intermediate
👍 17
API Key Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 23
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 6
SAML
Expert Exam Validated
👍 18
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 2
mTLS Configuration
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
Data Masking
Intermediate
👍 20
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 10
Spike Arrest
Intermediate
👍 22
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced
👍 6
Response Caching
Expert
👍 14
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
👍 10
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Intermediate
👍 15
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Expert Exam Validated
👍 14
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
Apigee Monetization
Expert
👍 14
API Metrics & KPI Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 13
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Intermediate
👍 22
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 19
Apigee Management API
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 17
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 2
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
👍 2
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 23
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 20
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 22
API Security Architecture
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 17
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Envoy & Apigee Hybrid · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Australia
Feb 2024 – Dec 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: 100M+ calls/month
Apigee OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Envoy & Apigee Hybrid · Government & Public Sector · Australia
Mar 2023 – Apr 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 EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Envoy & Apigee Hybrid · Retail & E-Commerce · Australia
Jun 2021 – Jul 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 APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Nov 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · May 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Jan 2022
Verified