Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Analyst to support a large-scale API Management migration from Apigee to Kong APIM. This role is critical to ensuring API quality security and performance throughout the migration lifecycle with a strong focus on validating functional parity nonfunctional requirements and consumer impact.

Responsibilities

• Analyse existing Apigee API proxies and policies to define test scenarios for Kong APIM equivalents;

• Design and execute functional integration and regression testing for migrated APIs;

• Validate API contracts request and response transformations headers error handling and versioning;

• Test security controls including OAuth 2.0 JWT mTLS and API key authentication;

• Validate traffic management policies such as rate limiting throttling quotas and retries;

• Conduct non functional testing including performance scalability and resilience;

• Support parallel run cutover and go live testing to minimise service disruption;

• Manage defects end to end working closely with development and platform teams;

• Produce clear test evidence reports and quality metrics to support release decisions.

Certifications Required

ISTQB

Cog2025

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