API Gateway Engineer

Job DescriptionDesign, implement, and operate APIs on IBM API Connect and Kong gatewaysBuild assemblies (policies, GatewayScript/XSLT), routing, rate limiting, auth (OAuth/JWT), mTLSImplement CI/CD for gateway configs (GitOps), environments, and automated promotionsConfigure catalogs, products, plans, subscriptions, and developer portal integrationsObservability: logging, metrics, tracing, analytics; SLOs and error budgetsSecurity hardening: WAF, threat protection, schema validation, zero trust, secrets managementMigrations: proxy/API gateway transitions (Kong ? APIC)Troubleshoot performance, capacity, and reliability issues; conduct load testsPartner with app teams, security, and networking (DNS, TLS, certificates, IP allowlists)Requirements:5+ years in API gateways; 2+ years each with APIC and KongStrong in REST/SOAP/OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC/JWT, mTLS/TLS, certificates (PEM/PFX/P12)Kong (OSS/Enterprise)IBM API Connect (v10): Assembly policies, DataPower, GatewayScript, XSLT, products/plansInfra: CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins)Observability: Splunk/ELK, Prometheus/Grafana