Liam O'Connor

Liam O'Connor

🔴 Apigee Expert Verified Specialist

FinTech API Integration Lead | Microservices & Distributed Caching

Dublin, Ireland 7+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Hire
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Professional Summary

Passionate API specialist with 7 years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade Google Cloud Apigee Edge, X, and Hybrid solutions across Ireland and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Apigee Skill Matrix
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
👍 20
Apigee Hybrid
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
API Hub
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 10
Apigee Developer Portal
Expert Exam Validated
👍 14
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert
👍 4
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 22
GraphQL Proxies
Expert
👍 7
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
👍 1
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
API Product Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert
👍 4
API Key Management
Intermediate
👍 2
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced
👍 22
SAML
Expert Exam Validated
👍 17
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced
👍 6
mTLS Configuration
Advanced
👍 8
Data Masking
Intermediate
👍 18
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 15
Spike Arrest
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
Response Caching
Intermediate
👍 8
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 10
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
👍 2
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
Custom Analytics Variables
Intermediate
👍 17
Apigee Monetization
Advanced
👍 7
API Metrics & KPI Design
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 18
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 8
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
👍 7
apigeetool / apigeecli
Expert
👍 11
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
👍 15
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 21
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Expert
👍 21
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Intermediate
👍 21
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Expert
👍 23
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
👍 16
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Advanced
👍 1
API Security Architecture
Intermediate
👍 1
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
FinTech API Integration Lead | Microservices & Distributed C · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Ireland
Aug 2024 – Nov 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 OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
FinTech API Integration Lead | Microservices & Distributed C · Telecommunications · Ireland
Feb 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: 500M+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE X
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
FinTech API Integration Lead | Microservices & Distributed C · Government & Public Sector · Ireland
Apr 2021 – 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 OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Oct 2023
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Dec 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Aug 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · May 2022
Verified