Senior Gateway / Platform Engineer
4A Consulting, LLC · Ellicott City, MD · 3 mo ago
HybridContract
Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and maintain Enterprise API Gateway environments.
- Support API onboarding, publishing, lifecycle management, and governance.
- Perform production Operations & Maintenance (O&M), monitoring, incident response, and troubleshooting.
- Implement API Gateway platform modernization and migration from IBM webMethods to the target gateway platform.
- Configure CI/CD integrations and automate API deployment processes.
- Perform platform upgrades, certificate renewals, runtime updates, and technical refresh activities.
- Develop operational documentation, runbooks, validation reports, and rollback procedures.
- Ensure compliance with Zero Trust security principles and security standards.
- Support observability, logging, monitoring, and performance optimization.
- Participate in API migration planning, testing, and production readiness activities.
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience with Enterprise API Gateway platforms.
- Experience supporting API lifecycle management and API onboarding.
- Experience with REST APIs, API security, OAuth, JWT, SSL/TLS, and certificate management.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps integration.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift or containerized environments.
- Experience supporting production environments with 24x7 operational responsibilities.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
- Experience with monitoring tools, logging platforms, and ServiceNow.