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# Kong API Gateway Engineer

- **Company:** The C.A.S.E. Engineering Group
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Continuous Integration, OAuth, OpenID, OpenShift, Prometheus, Test Execution Engine, Openapi, Data Logging, Software Security, Rate Limiting, Kubernetes, Enterprise Integration, Api Gateway, Appdynamics, Api Management
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=db27c49bf9b919b9

## About the Role

* Experience:
 * At least 5 years of API platform or integration engineering experience.
 * At least 3 years of hands-on Kong (Kong Gateway Enterprise and/or Kong Konnect) experience in production environments.
 * Technical Expertise:
 * Strong knowledge of Kong plugins, declarative configuration, decK, GitOps workflows, and OpenAPI specifications.
 * API security integration: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, mTLS, JWT validation, and rate limiting.
 * Kubernetes or OpenShift-based gateway deployment patterns.
 * Clearance & Security:
 * Must possess U.S. work authorization.
 * Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal Moderate Risk Public Trust (MBI level) background investigation.

## Description

* Kong Engineering: Implement, configure, integrate, validate, and troubleshoot Kong Enterprise and Kong Konnect components, plugins, policies, routes, certificates, and runtime groups.
 * Developer Portal & Governance: Configure Kong developer portal capabilities, self-service onboarding integration points, and API catalog publications.
 * Automation & GitOps: Develop and maintain GitOps and configuration-as-code artifacts (e.g., decK) within Government-owned CI/CD environments.
 * Migration & Dual-Run: Support migration wave preparation, test execution, defect resolution, rollback validation, and dual-run troubleshooting.
 * Telemetry & Enablement: Integrate gateway telemetry and logging with monitoring platforms (Prometheus/AppDynamics/ELK) and conduct knowledge transfer sessions.


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