API Platform Architect (Kong Gateway & Konnect) || Onsite- Atlanta, GA (Relocation; OK)

DMS Vision • Atlanta, GA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a senior API Platform Architect with deep expertise in Kong Konnect, Kong Gateway, and enterprise API governance to own end-to-end architecture across on-premises and GCP environments. The architect will lead Architecture Review Board (ARB) reviews, define API governance standards, and drive security, observability, and scalability design.

The role is onsite in Atlanta, Georgia; relocation is acceptable. The position is listed for a duration of 6+ months.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in integration/API architecture.
• Experience with at least two enterprise API gateway programs.
• Deep expertise in Kong Konnect and Kong Gateway, including Control Plane and Data Plane architecture across on-premises and GCP environments.
• Experience with decK, declarative configuration, workspaces, and RBAC for Kong configuration management.
• Knowledge of security patterns including mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, API keys, rate limiting, WAF, and secrets/certificate management.
• Experience with GCP VPC and load balancing, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
• Experience integrating observability, including Dynatrace, logging, audit, and compliance controls.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and IaC principles, including Git, Git branching strategies, and Terraform pipelines.
• Ability to define API governance standards and apply design-first and lifecycle management practices.
• Proven experience with target architecture, HADR, and performance/scalability design.
• Strong collaboration skills with Security, Network, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Apigee/Kong migration programs, including multi-organization and multi-region topologies.
• SRE, chaos engineering, and resiliency patterns.
• Service mesh experience with Istio or Linkerd.
• Cost/performance optimization and capacity sizing for high-TPS gateways.
• Background in multi-cloud API gateway architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end API platform architecture across on-premises and GCP environments.
• Lead Architecture Review Board (ARB) reviews.
• Define API governance standards using a design-first approach and lifecycle management.
• Drive API security, observability, and scalability design.
• Design target architecture, high availability and disaster recovery (HADR), and performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with Security, Network, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed