Senior API Platform Engineer

VTekis Consulting LLP • Atlanta, GA

9h

About The Position

We provide Recruitment and Staffing services to many industries and domain through our innovative and customized solutions and passionate commitment to research. Ability to understand the hiring strategies, availability of talent and compensation benchmarking makes us proud hiring partner for various industries. We work as trusted business partners and always strive to deliver the most value and highest return on investment for our clients. We are highly trained business professionals with strong understanding of clients need. We work closely with the leading staffing trade associations, training, and research organizations to ensure we are knowledgeable of thustry trends and technologies.

Requirements

• Professional experience with API management platforms such as Kong, Broadcom Layer7, Google Apigee, or equivalent technologies.
• Strong understanding of API gateway architecture, traffic management, rate limiting, and security policies.
• Expertise in API lifecycle management, including design, publishing, versioning, and retirement.
• Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization standards (OAuth 2.0, JWT, OpenID Connect).
• Professional proficiency in automation and scripting for API deployment and configuration (Python, Shell, Ansible).
• Familiarity with CI/CD integration and DevOps practices for API platforms.
• Professional knowledge of monitoring and analytics for API performance and usage (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Professional exposure to cloud-native API solutions and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• API management platforms Kong, Layer7, Google Apigee (Middleware team).
• API gateway architecture, traffic management, Security, etc.
• Docker/Kubernetes.
• API Performance (Promethus, Grafana).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed