Thabo Ndlovu

Thabo Ndlovu

πŸ’Ž Apigee Champion

Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Sector

Johannesburg, South Africa 10+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting Open to Mentoring
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Certificates
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Projects
40
Skills Matrix
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Endorsements
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 10 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across South Africa 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)
Expert
πŸ‘ 5
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 23
Apigee Hybrid
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
API Hub
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 11
Apigee Developer Portal
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
🟒 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
REST API Design
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 10
gRPC Proxies
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 17
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
API Key Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 2
JWT / JWS Validation
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
SAML
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 5
Data Masking
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 20
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
Spike Arrest
Expert
πŸ‘ 8
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 24
Response Caching
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 23
Custom Analytics Variables
Expert
πŸ‘ 4
Apigee Monetization
Advanced
πŸ‘ 23
API Metrics & KPI Design
Expert
πŸ‘ 24
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 5
Terraform for Apigee
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 7
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 1
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Advanced
πŸ‘ 16
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 17
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 10
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Expert
πŸ‘ 6
API Security Architecture
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Retail & E-Commerce Β· South Africa
Feb 2024 – Sep 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: 100M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Retail & E-Commerce Β· South Africa
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: 100M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE HYBRID
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Retail & E-Commerce Β· South Africa
Nov 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: 1B+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE X
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Mar 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Aug 2023
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Sep 2022
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Jan 2022
Verified