API Management Engineer

DMV IT Service

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Posted on: 9/22/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Washington

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Mid-LevelSenior

AWSKubernetesLuaRedisSplunk

About the role

Manage, configure, and scale Kong API Gateways to ensure performance, reliability, and security.
Design and implement scalable Kong infrastructure and integrate monitoring tools.
Create and maintain custom Kong plugins in Lua for authentication, logging, transformations, and rate limiting.
Implement API security protocols such as OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, and IP filtering.
Monitor and analyze API performance using Kong tools and third-party observability platforms (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk, Jaeger).
Manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure for Kong, including applying patches and scaling clusters.
Provide technical documentation, training, and support to application and internal teams to enable API adoption.
Collaborate with cross-functional and application teams to define API standards, requirements, and integrations.
Support API platform migrations and proxy migration initiatives across SaaS environments.

5–8 years of experience with API management platforms, specializing in Kong.
Strong expertise in API gateway configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Redis, and AWS infrastructure for Kong deployment.
Skilled in Lua scripting with experience building custom Kong plugins.
Familiarity with observability tools: OpenTelemetry, Datadog, and Splunk.
Experience with API platform migrations in enterprise environments.
Strong understanding of API management principles including versioning, documentation, and security best practices.
Proficiency with API management features: load balancing, rate limiting, authentication, logging, and monitoring.
Experience working in SaaS environments to support application teams with API onboarding.
Ability to work in an Agile environment and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
Nice to have: Experience with Apigee Edge.
Nice to have: Hands-on experience with proxy migration from Apigee Edge to Kong.