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
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Skills Matrix
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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)
Advanced
πŸ‘ 2
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
Apigee Hybrid
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 4
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
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 23
GraphQL Proxies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 17
gRPC Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 14
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 3
API Product Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
🟑 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
API Key Management
Expert
πŸ‘ 2
JWT / JWS Validation
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 5
SAML
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 15
Threat Protection Policies
Expert
πŸ‘ 14
mTLS Configuration
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
Data Masking
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 21
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 18
Spike Arrest
Expert
πŸ‘ 8
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
Response Caching
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 13
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 12
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 19
πŸ”΄ Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 15
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced
πŸ‘ 24
Apigee Monetization
Advanced
πŸ‘ 23
API Metrics & KPI Design
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 9
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 8
Terraform for Apigee
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 9
Apigee Management API
Advanced
πŸ‘ 17
apigeetool / apigeecli
Advanced
πŸ‘ 6
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 11
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 24
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 1
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Expert
πŸ‘ 2
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Advanced Exam Validated
πŸ‘ 16
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 22
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 12
API Security Architecture
Intermediate
πŸ‘ 19
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Government & Public Sector Β· South Africa
Aug 2024 – Nov 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)
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· South Africa
Aug 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: 1B+ calls/month
Apigee APIGEE X
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Enterprise API Modernization Architect | Major Banking Secto Β· Healthcare & Life Sciences Β· South Africa
Feb 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: 1B+ calls/month
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Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services Β· Sep 2025
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Β· Aug 2024
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Β· Jul 2024
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud Β· Aug 2023
Verified