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
Senior

Job 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.

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