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We take a balanced, tailored approach to solving unique organizational challenges while leveraging industry best practices for long-term success.\nThis role supports a mission-critical federal enterprise integration environment processing approximately one billion transactions per month across a hybrid cloud and on-premises footprint.\nPosition Overview\nJob Type: Full-Time\nLocation: Remote (U.S.) with occasional on-site meetings in the Washington, DC area\nTarget Salary Range: $165,000 – $190,000 / year (Note: Final offer is subject to candidate experience and expectations)\nPosition Contingency: Contingent upon contract award (Anticipated award: September 2026; Estimated start date: Fall / November 2026)\nAs our Senior API Gateway / Platform Engineer, you will serve as the senior technical resource sustaining a high-availability production gateway while leading the engineering execution of a phased migration from IBM webMethods API Gateway to a next-generation gateway platform (e.g., Kong).\nKey Responsibilities\nPlatform Operations: Operate, configure, and sustain an enterprise API gateway platform supporting ~255 production APIs and 1B+ monthly transactions at a minimum 99.5% availability.\nGateway Engineering: Engineer gateway services, routes, policies, plugins, certificates, authentication/authorization integrations, and environment promotion patterns within Zero Trust security boundaries.\nPhased Migration: Lead installation, configuration, and production-readiness for the new enterprise gateway product. Develop API inventory classification, migration wave plans, dual-run operations, and rollback-ready cutover execution.\nTesting & Validation: Perform functional, connectivity, security, performance, and observability validation for gateway changes and migrated APIs to produce acceptance-ready test evidence.\nSecurity & Compliance: Enforce Zero Trust controls, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, JWT token validation, rate limiting, and least-privilege access.\nDocumentation & Leadership: Produce runbooks, configuration baselines, and release packages. Mentor junior/automation engineers and conduct senior technical reviews of gateway configuration changes.\nQualifications & Requirements\nExperience:\nAt least 8 years of enterprise integration or API platform engineering experience.\nAt least 5 years of hands-on production experience with enterprise API gateway products.\nTechnical Expertise:\nHands-on experience with IBM webMethods API Gateway administration/configuration (strongly preferred).\nHands-on experience with Kong Enterprise or Kong Konnect implementation/configuration (strongly preferred).\nWorking knowledge of container platforms (OpenShift or Kubernetes) supporting gateway workloads.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD-integrated gateway configuration, configuration-as-code, and environment promotion.\nObservability tooling experience (AppDynamics, ELK, OpenTelemetry).\nClearance & Security:\nMust possess U.S. work authorization.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a federal Moderate Risk Public Trust (MBI level) background investigation. (Prior federal agency suitability or active federal background investigations are highly desirable).\nOur Hiring Process\nWe keep our recruitment process structured, transparent, and efficient:\nSubmit Application: Apply directly on Indeed with your updated resume.\nSalary & Contingency Confirmation: State your expected salary range and confirm your availability for a contingent start in Fall 2026.\nAlex AI Assessment: Complete an automated AI assessment interview through Alex AI. (Candidates achieving a score of 80/100 or higher will automatically advance).\nRecruiter Screening Call: Connect with a member of our recruiting team to discuss your hands-on technical experience, federal background/suitability, and contract alignment.\nFinal Technical Review & Selection: Final candidate slate submission and formal placement consideration.\nWhy Join Us?\nScale & Impact: Lead the modernization of an enterprise platform operating at a 1-billion-transaction-per-month scale.\nModernization: Work with cutting-edge cloud, container, and API management technologies in a Zero Trust environment.\nFlexibility: Enjoy a remote-first work model with reasonable flexibility.\nPay: $165,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year\nBenefits:\nDental insurance\nHealth insurance\nPaid time off\nVision insurance\nApplication Question(s):\nWhat are your salary expectations?\nLocation:\nWashington, DC (Required)\nWork Location: Remote","company":"Case Engineering Group","rawCompany":"case engineering group","city":"Washington","state":"DC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T00:14:47.989Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior API Gateway Engineer (Kong / webMethods)","description":"About The C.A.S.E. 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We take a balanced, tailored approach to solving unique organizational challenges while leveraging industry best practices for long-term success.\nThis role supports a mission-critical federal enterprise integration environment processing approximately one billion transactions per month across a hybrid cloud and on-premises footprint.\nPosition Overview\nJob Type: Full-Time\nLocation: Remote (U.S.) with occasional on-site meetings in the Washington, DC area\nTarget Salary Range: $165,000 – $190,000 / year (Note: Final offer is subject to candidate experience and expectations)\nPosition Contingency: Contingent upon contract award (Anticipated award: September 2026; Estimated start date: Fall / November 2026)\nAs our Senior API Gateway / Platform Engineer, you will serve as the senior technical resource sustaining a high-availability production gateway while leading the engineering execution of a phased migration from IBM webMethods API Gateway to a next-generation gateway platform (e.g., Kong).\nKey Responsibilities\nPlatform Operations: Operate, configure, and sustain an enterprise API gateway platform supporting ~255 production APIs and 1B+ monthly transactions at a minimum 99.5% availability.\nGateway Engineering: Engineer gateway services, routes, policies, plugins, certificates, authentication/authorization integrations, and environment promotion patterns within Zero Trust security boundaries.\nPhased Migration: Lead installation, configuration, and production-readiness for the new enterprise gateway product. 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