API Platform Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automation supporting enterprise API gateway configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Build reusable Infrastructure as Code templates, automation scripts, and configuration management solutions.
• Integrate API platform automation with CI/CD pipelines, source control repositories, and release management processes.
• Automate API onboarding, policy enforcement, security validation, deployment verification, and operational readiness activities.
• Develop automated testing and validation for API configurations, governance standards, and platform compliance.
• Collaborate with software developers, platform engineers, and DevSecOps teams to improve deployment efficiency and consistency.
• Troubleshoot automation, deployment pipelines, configuration management, and platform integration issues.
• Support modernization initiatives, platform upgrades, migration efforts, and continuous process improvements.
• Develop technical documentation including automation guides, configuration standards, runbooks, and implementation documentation.
• Ensure automation solutions comply with federal cybersecurity requirements and organizational best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Five (5) or more years of experience developing automation solutions supporting enterprise applications, cloud platforms, or API management technologies.
• Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar automation tools.
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD platforms including Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, or comparable technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise API management, RESTful services, OpenAPI specifications, and software deployment automation.
• Strong problem-solving, scripting, and technical communication skills.

Qualifications

• Passionate about automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and cloud-native technologies.
• Enjoy collaborating with development, platform engineering, and cybersecurity teams to streamline software delivery and operational excellence.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Kong, IBM webMethods, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, or similar enterprise API platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or Ansible.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or cloud-native platforms.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, GitOps, Zero Trust Architecture, and secure software delivery.
• Experience supporting Department of State, DoD, or other Federal agencies.

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