Layla Haddad

Layla Haddad

🟠 API Architect

Senior API Quality Engineer & Security Reviewer

Beirut, Lebanon 6+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Hire
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Reputation XP
0
Certificates
3
Projects
40
Skills Matrix
432
Endorsements
492
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 6 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across Lebanon and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Apigee Skill Matrix
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
👍 9
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Expert
👍 5
Apigee Hybrid
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
API Hub
Intermediate
👍 12
Apigee Developer Portal
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 7
REST API Design
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 16
GraphQL Proxies
Expert
👍 18
gRPC Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 5
API Versioning Strategy
Expert
👍 3
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
👍 13
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 16
API Key Management
Intermediate
👍 6
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
SAML
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 17
Threat Protection Policies
Expert Exam Validated
👍 19
mTLS Configuration
Expert Exam Validated
👍 21
Data Masking
Expert Exam Validated
👍 20
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Expert
👍 2
Spike Arrest
Expert
👍 18
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Response Caching
Expert Exam Validated
👍 7
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert Exam Validated
👍 22
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 23
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 3
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
👍 14
Apigee Monetization
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 10
API Metrics & KPI Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 10
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 13
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
👍 21
apigeetool / apigeecli
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 15
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 15
Environment & Organisation Management
Expert
👍 1
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
👍 7
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Intermediate
👍 12
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 6
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
👍 7
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
👍 1
API Security Architecture
Advanced
👍 19
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Senior API Quality Engineer & Security Reviewer · Retail & E-Commerce · Lebanon
Oct 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 APIGEE X
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Senior API Quality Engineer & Security Reviewer · Telecommunications · Lebanon
Jan 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: 1B+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE HYBRID
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Senior API Quality Engineer & Security Reviewer · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Lebanon
Jul 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: 10M - 50M calls/month
Apigee APIGEE X
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Aug 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · Jan 2025
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Jul 2024
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Oct 2023
Verified