Zayd Al-Hassan

Zayd Al-Hassan

🔴 Apigee Expert

Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Apigee X & Hybrid Infrastructure

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8+ Years Apigee Experience Open to Consulting
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Projects
40
Skills Matrix
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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 United Arab Emirates and global enterprises.

Apigee Competency Radar
Apigee Skill Matrix
🔵 Core Platform
Apigee Edge (On-prem / Hybrid)
Intermediate
👍 6
Apigee X (GCP-native)
Intermediate
👍 3
Apigee Hybrid
Intermediate
👍 15
API Hub
Expert
👍 21
Apigee Developer Portal
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
🟢 API Design & Management
OpenAPI / Swagger Specification
Expert Exam Validated
👍 8
REST API Design
Expert Exam Validated
👍 12
GraphQL Proxies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
gRPC Proxies
Intermediate
👍 11
API Versioning Strategy
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 13
API Product Strategy
Expert Exam Validated
👍 21
🟡 Security & Policies
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
Expert
👍 7
API Key Management
Expert Exam Validated
👍 4
JWT / JWS Validation
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 1
SAML
Intermediate
👍 11
Threat Protection Policies
Advanced
👍 15
mTLS Configuration
Intermediate
👍 12
Data Masking
Expert
👍 15
🟠 Traffic Management
Quota & Rate Limiting
Expert Exam Validated
👍 19
Spike Arrest
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 16
Load Balancing & Target Servers
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 15
Response Caching
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Fault Handling & Error Policies
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Conditional Flows & Route Rules
Expert Exam Validated
👍 19
🔴 Analytics & Monetization
Apigee Analytics & Reports
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
Custom Analytics Variables
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
Apigee Monetization
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 4
API Metrics & KPI Design
Intermediate
👍 15
🟣 DevOps & Automation
CI/CD for Apigee (Maven / GitHub Actions)
Expert
👍 6
Terraform for Apigee
Advanced
👍 16
Apigee Management API
Intermediate
👍 15
apigeetool / apigeecli
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 21
Shared Flows & Flow Hooks
Intermediate
👍 6
Environment & Organisation Management
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 2
⚫ Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 15
Microservices & API Gateway Design
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 9
Event-Driven Architecture (Pub/Sub + Apigee)
Intermediate
👍 1
Multi-cloud API Strategy
Intermediate
👍 3
API Governance & Lifecycle Management
Intermediate
👍 1
API Security Architecture
Advanced Exam Validated
👍 6
Enterprise Project Experience
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #3
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Apigee X & Hybrid Infr · Financial Services / Banking · United Arab Emirates
Jun 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 EDGE CLOUD
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #1
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Apigee X & Hybrid Infr · Telecommunications · United Arab Emirates
Sep 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 HYBRID
Enterprise API Gateway Modernization Project #2
Cloud Native API Gateway Specialist | Apigee X & Hybrid Infr · Healthcare & Life Sciences · United Arab Emirates
Dec 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 OPDK (ON-PREMISES)
Credentials & Certifications
External Credentials
Google Cloud Certified Professional API Engineer
Google Cloud · Feb 2023
Verified
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · Oct 2023
Verified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Aug 2022
Verified
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services · Jan 2022
Verified