Senior API Gateway engineer ( Kong & Python)& Middleware Administrator
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior API Gateway engineer & Middleware Administrator with 10-12 years of experience to architect develop and manage our API gateway and enterprise middleware infrastructure. This role combines strong demonstrated hands-on development expertise in Lua and Python with deep operational knowledge of Kong API Gateway and enterprise middleware platforms.
Job Requirements
As a key member of our Platform Engineering team you will be responsible for:
- Developing custom Kong plugins using Lua/Python to implement complex business logic security policies and integrations
- Administering Kong Gateway infrastructure ensuring high availability performance and scalability
- Managing enterprise middleware platforms including Oracle Fusion NGINX and application servers
- Building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated deployment of Kong plugins and middleware components
- Architecting API and integration solutions that power our microservices ecosystem
The ideal candidate is a technical expert who thrives at the intersection of development and operations possesses strong coding skills in Lua and Python has proven experience managing enterprise middleware at scale and brings a DevOps mindset to automate and optimize platform operations.
MUST HAVE SKILLS
1. Kong Plugin Development (2 years) - MANDATORY
- Strong demonstrated experience in custom Kong plugin development using Lua Python and Kong PDK
- Strong demonstrated experience in Kong lifecycle management
- Authentication authorization transformation traffic control and logging plugins
- Plugin testing debugging optimization versioning and deployment
2. Kong Administration (2 years) - MANDATORY
- Kong Gateway installation configuration and administration
- Architecture clustering HA and load balancing
- Kong Admin API and best practices
- Service/route/upstream/consumer/plugin management
- Performance tuning SSL/TLS management upgrades monitoring
3. Development (3 years) - MANDATORY
- Strong demonstrated experience in Lua Python Kong SDK and Java
- Microservices async programming (asyncio) and database connectivity
- Message queue integration (RabbitMQ Kafka) and Azure SDK
- Middleware automation ETL scripts and monitoring solutions
- Testing and code quality
4. Middleware Administration (2 years) - MANDATORY
App/Web Servers:
- Tomcat/Nginx/IIS/JBoss: Installation configuration deployment tuning and load balancing
5. CI/CD Pipeline Development (3 years) - Preferred
- CI/CD pipelines for Kong plugins and middleware
- Automated build/test/deployment multi-environment strategies
- Quality gates security scanning deployment strategies
Education
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
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