Lars van Dijk

Lars van Dijk

🔴 Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

Senior Cloud API Platform Engineer | Apigee X on Google Cloud

Amsterdam, Netherlands 8+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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Projects
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Skills Matrix
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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 Netherlands 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
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
👍 8
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
👍 6
Apigee Hybrid
Intermediate
👍 20
API Hub
Advanced
👍 10
Apigee Developer Portal
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 8
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
👍 24
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
👍 17
API Versioning Strategy
Expert
👍 4
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
👍 4
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert Exam Validated
👍 14
API Key Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 6
JWT / JWS Validation
Expert
👍 16
SAML
Intermediate
👍 3
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced
👍 14
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
👍 17
Data Masking
Expert Exam Validated
👍 4
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Expert Exam Validated
👍 8
Spike Arrest
Intermediate
👍 24
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Expert Exam Validated
👍 9
Response Caching
Expert Exam Validated
👍 11
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert
👍 4
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
👍 11
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
👍 1
Apigee Monetization
Advanced
👍 19
API Metrics & KPI Design
Advanced
👍 11
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
👍 17
Terraform for Apigee
Expert Exam Validated
👍 12
Apigee Management API
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
👍 15
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced
👍 12
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Expert Exam Validated
👍 22
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Intermediate
👍 7
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Intermediate
👍 12
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 7
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
👍 12
API Security Architecture
Expert Exam Validated
👍 13
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Senior Cloud API Platform Engineer | Apigee X On Google Clou · Government & Public Sector · Netherlands
Jan 2024 – Jul 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 APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Senior Cloud API Platform Engineer | Apigee X On Google Clou · Telecommunications · Netherlands
Jan 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: 10M - 50M calls/month
Apigee APIGEE HYBRID
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Senior Cloud API Platform Engineer | Apigee X On Google Clou · Logistics & Supply Chain · Netherlands
Jan 2021 – Jun 2026

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 · Mar 2024
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Oct 2022
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Aug 2022
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Nov 2022
Verified