Senior API Gateway Engineer

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Job Title: Senior API Gateway Engineer with Java Development Background

Long Term

Location: Seattle/Bellevue WA & Atlanta GA

Experience: 8 Years

Domain: Telecom Domain

Mandatory Skills: API Architecture Apigee Kong AWS API Gateway Java Devops Python.

Onsite: Hybrid(3Days)

JD:

The Senior Engineer API Gateway & Production Support is responsible for deploying managing and optimizing API gateway solutions as well as ensuring reliable production operations for business-critical applications.

This role works closely with development operations and security teams to deliver robust APIs and maintain high service availability.

Responsibilities: API Gateway configuration and support for enterprise applications

Design implement and maintain API gateway configurations (e.g. Apigee Kong AWS API Gateway etc.).

Build secure scalable and highly available API infrastructure.

Implement policies for authentication authorization rate limiting caching and monitoring. - Collaborate with development teams on API lifecycle management onboarding and documentation.

Troubleshoot performance issues and optimize API traffic handling.

Troubleshoot production issues related to API connectivity and latency.

Provide L2/L3 support for API gateways and related production environments.

Monitor health performance and capacity of production systems.

Diagnose and resolve incidents ensuring rapid response and clear communication.

Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.

Coordinate deployments patches and upgrades with minimal downtime.

Develop and maintain runbooks knowledge base articles and standard operating procedures. Security & Compliance: Implement API security best practices and ensure compliance with organizational policies. Schedule regular security reviews vulnerability assessments and audits.

Stakeholder Collaboration: - Communicate effectively with internal teams (Dev QA Security Infra) and external partners. - Participate in architectural reviews and production readiness assessments.

Skills: -

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related discipline.

5 years of experience in API gateway technologies and production support.

Strong expertise in API design management and security (REST OAuth2 JWT etc.).

Hands-on experience with one or more API gateways: Apigee Kong AWS API Gateway Azure API Management etc.

Expert in troubleshooting production incidents in cloud or on-prem environments.

Proficiency with automation tools (Python Shell Ansible Jenkins etc.).

Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Datadog ELK Prometheus Grafana).

Strong understanding of network protocols firewalls load balancers and DNS.

Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills.

Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.