Senior DevOps Engineer API Gateway Development (all gender)
ALTEN GmbH
München, Germany
13 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
München, Germany
Tech stack
Java
API
Bash
Cloud Computing
Computer Programming
Databases
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Github
Python
Node.js
OAuth
Cloud Services
Prometheus
Swagger
JSON Web Token
Software Systems
Openapi
Pulumi
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Load Balancing
Grafana
Apigee
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Containerization
Gitlab-ci
Kubernetes
Api Design
Api Gateway
Terraform
Api Management
Docker
ELK
Jenkins
Job description
- design, implement, and optimize API architectures using Kong as an API gateway
- manage and scale API services in GCP, including load balancing, authentication (JWT, OAuth, ACLs), and monitoring
- automate CI/CD pipelines for API-driven and cloud-based applications
- implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or Pulumi, preferably in GCP environments
- configure, maintain and scale the Kong API Gateway, including plugin development for extended functionalities (e.g., rate limiting, request/response transformation, and security policies)
- develop and maintain integration solutions between various software systems, databases, and cloud services
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, * have strong expertise in GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and experience with cloud architectures
- have hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway (configuration, plugins, scaling) as well as other API management tools (e.g., Apigee or AWS API Gateway)
- are familiar with API specifications (OpenAPI, Swagger) and API design principles, and you have experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
- have programming skills in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and ideally also in Go, Java or Node.js
- have experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
- have professional-level English skills, both written and spoken
About the company
We are the designers of today for the world of tomorrow.
As one of the world's leading engineering service providers, we at ALTEN are committed to positively shaping the future of our partners, the careers of our employees and the challenges facing our society and environment.
More than 50,000 employees in 30 countries are already working on innovative solutions in various engineering and IT sectors such as aerospace, renewable energy, medical technology, railway technology and automotive.