API and Authentication Developer

VetsEZ

API platform engineer securing APIs, authentication, AWS, and Kubernetes environments. Supporting a federal healthcare modernization project through governance, automation, and operational troubleshooting.

Posted 8/7/2026full-timeRemote • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in API design standards, security practices, and Kubernetes resource management, with a strong focus on CI/CD implementation and operational troubleshooting. Proficient in API management, observability tools, and collaboration across technical teams to ensure robust platform performance and security.

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API ManagementKubernetes Resource ManagementCI/CD ImplementationAPI Security PracticesObservability Tools

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Hard Skills

API Design StandardsOpenAPI SpecificationJWT AuthenticationLinux SystemsContainerized WorkloadsNetworkingAWS API GatewayGitOps TechnologiesTLS/mTLSPerformance Troubleshooting

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration Skills

Tools & Technologies

AWSArgo CDFluxNGINXEnvoyIstioDatadogSplunkPrometheusGrafana

Industry Keywords

API ContractsActive DirectoryLDAPSecrets ManagementOWASP PracticesAudit Logging

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDNSFluxGrafanaKubernetesLinuxNGINXPrometheusSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define API design standards and review APIs for consistency, usability, versioning, deprecation, and backward compatibility
Author, maintain, and govern OpenAPI Specification contracts and API configuration and validation standards
Build and support Kubernetes resources, including Deployments, Services, Ingress/Gateway API objects, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and NetworkPolicies
Implement CI/CD and GitOps practices, automated configuration and specification validation, environment promotion, rollback processes, API metering, and usage analytics
Implement authentication and authorization patterns, including JWT issuance and validation, claims mapping, token modification, key rotation, AD/LDAP integration, certificates, TLS/mTLS, DNS, and network security
Instrument and troubleshoot platform environments using logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and operational reporting
Address Linux, container runtime, networking, and performance issues
Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and ensure project success
Work closely with technical leads and cross-functional stakeholders to establish API and platform standards, maintain API contracts, strengthen security practices, and support reliable environment promotion, validation, and operational troubleshooting across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience
Hands-on experience with API management and API security, including AWS API Gateway, JSON-based APIs, API contracts, authentication, authorization, and accounting
Experience with identity and directory technologies, including Active Directory (AD), LDAP directory modeling, JWT-based authentication, claims, tokens, and access-control patterns
Experience supporting Kubernetes-based environments, API gateways, Linux systems, containerized workloads, networking, certificates, and SSL/TLS
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex API, platform, security, networking, and performance issues
Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical teams
Experience with AWS workloads, GitOps technologies such as Argo CD or Flux, and gateway or service-mesh technologies such as NGINX, Envoy, or Istio
Experience with observability and monitoring technologies such as Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or OpenTelemetry
Knowledge of OWASP practices, TLS/mTLS, secrets management, API security, and audit logging
Experience mentoring teams or establishing platform engineering standards
U.S. Citizenship is required
All selected candidates must successfully complete a background check
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including required fingerprinting, when required for the position
Sponsorship is not offered

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision
401k with Employer Match
PTO + Federal Holidays
Corporate Laptop
Training Opportunities
Remote Opportunity