Luciana Castro

Luciana Castro

πŸ”΄ Apigee Expert

Banking API Gateway Specialist | ISO 20022 Modernization

Bogota, Colombia 8+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting
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Certificates
3
Projects
40
Skills Matrix
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Endorsements
630
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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 Colombia and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Apigee Skill Matrix
πŸ”΅ Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 21
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 21
Apigee Hybrid
Expert
πŸ‘ 13
API Hub
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
Apigee Developer Portal
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 23
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 8
REST API Design
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 16
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
API Versioning Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 18
API Product Strategy
Expert
πŸ‘ 2
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
API Key Management
Advanced
πŸ‘ 20
JWT / JWS Validation
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
SAML
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 2
Threat Protection Policies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
mTLS Configuration
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
Data Masking
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 18
Spike Arrest
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 12
Response Caching
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Expert
πŸ‘ 14
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 14
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced
πŸ‘ 14
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Apigee Monetization
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 7
API Metrics & KPI Design
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 2
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 7
Terraform for Apigee
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 13
Apigee Management API
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 20
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert
πŸ‘ 11
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced
πŸ‘ 14
Environment & Organisation Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 3
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Advanced
πŸ‘ 8
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert
πŸ‘ 19
API Security Architecture
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Banking API Gateway Specialist | ISO 20022 Modernization Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· Colombia
Jul 2023 – Mar 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: 500M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Banking API Gateway Specialist | ISO 20022 Modernization Β· Telecommunications Β· Colombia
Oct 2022 – Oct 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: 500M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Banking API Gateway Specialist | ISO 20022 Modernization Β· Logistics & Supply Chain Β· Colombia
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
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Oct 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Nov 2023
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Feb 2022
Verified