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# KONG/API GATEWAY SURGE ENGINEER

- **Company:** Constellation West
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Continuous Integration, Network Administration, OAuth, OpenShift, Openid Connect, Software Security, Apigee, Kubernetes, Data Management, Api Gateway, Api Management, Docker, Mulesoft
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9033499/kongapi-gateway-surge-engineer

## About the Role

* Kong Enterprise
 * API Gateway implementation
 * Enterprise integrations
 * Gateway migration
 * Gateway policies
 * Plugin configuration
 * Developer portals
 * API security

Preferred Experience

Experience with:

 * Kong
 * Apigee
 * IBM API Connect
 * MuleSoft
 * Azure API Management
 * AWS API Gateway

Preferred Skills

 * Kubernetes
 * OpenShift
 * Docker
 * GitOps
 * CI/CD
 * OAuth
 * JWT
 * OpenID Connect, Bachelor's degree preferred (or equivalent experience)

## Description

Serve as the technical Subject Matter Expert supporting implementation and migration activities for Kong Enterprise or comparable API Gateway platforms., Constellation West is an award winning company that delivers Information Technology (IT) engineering services and solutions and non-IT subject matter expertise worldwide. Established in 1997, Constellation West is an industry leader, partnering with key organizations. As a prime contractor or preferred subcontractor, we have a continual list of opportunities to fill nationwide with multiple agencies such as the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Department of Defense, civilian agencies, and the national intelligence community. Many positions supporting the U.S. federal government require our employees to be granted security clearances.


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