API Platform Engineer

SSESSMENT REQUIRED Hands-on platform engineer who can own gateway stability, unblock teams quickly, and safely operate Kong in production. o Cloud Platform Expertise - Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and serverless services o Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Proficiency with CloudFormation and/or Terraform to provision, manage, and version cloud infrastructure programmatically o Networking & Security - Solid understanding of VPCs, subnets, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, and TLS/SSL, with an emphasis on secure, scalable architectures o Containerization & Orchestration - Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and operating containerized workloads and managing container registries o CI/CD & Automation - Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, with a focus on automation, reliability, and safe deployments o Monitoring & Observability - Ability to implement and operate logging, metrics, and distributed tracing using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry o Scripting & Programming - Working knowledge of Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages to support automation, tooling, and operational efficiency Job Responsibilities Hands-on platform engineer who can own gateway stability, unblock teams quickly, and safely operate Kong in production. o Cloud Platform Expertise - Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and serverless services o Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Proficiency with CloudFormation and/or Terraform to provision, manage, and version cloud infrastructure programmatically o Networking & Security - Solid understanding of VPCs, subnets, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, and TLS/SSL, with an emphasis on secure, scalable architectures o Containerization & Orchestration - Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and operating containerized workloads and managing container registries o CI/CD & Automation - Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, with a focus on automation, reliability, and safe deployments o Monitoring & Observability - Ability to implement and operate logging, metrics, and distributed tracing using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry o Scripting & Programming - Working knowledge of Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages to support automation, tooling, and operational efficiency