API Platform Architect (Kong Gateway & Konnect) || Onsite- Atlanta, GA (Relocation; OK)

Atlanta, GA, US • Posted 5 hours ago • Updated 5 hours ago
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Skills

  • GCP
  • CI/CD
  • Terraform
  • Dynatrace
  • RBAC
  • JWT
  • Observability
  • Service Mesh
  • HADR
  • mTLS
  • Kong Konnect
  • Kong Gateway
  • decK
  • OAuth2/OIDC
  • WAF
  • API Governance
  • API Lifecycle Management
  • ARB
  • Istio

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Please find the job description below and let me know your interest.

 Position:   API Platform Architect (Kong Gateway & Konnect)
 Location:  Onsite- Atlanta, GA (Relocation; OK)
 Duration:  6+ Months

 Job Description

We are seeking a senior API Platform Architect with deep expertise in Kong Konnect, Kong Gateway, and enterprise API governance to own end-to-end architecture across on-prem and Google Cloud Platform environments. The ideal candidate leads ARB reviews, defines API governance standards, and drives security, observability, and scalability design.

Must-Have Skills (Required)

  • 10+ years in integration/API architecture — minimum 2 enterprise API gateway programs
  • Kong Konnect / Kong Gateway — Control Plane, Data Plane architecture — on-prem and Google Cloud Platform
  • decK, declarative config, workspaces, and RBAC — Kong configuration management
  • Security patterns — mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, API keys, rate limiting, WAF, secrets/cert management
  • Cloud & on-prem — Google Cloud Platform (VPC, load balancing), Linux, networking fundamentals
  • Observability integration — Dynatrace, logging, audit and compliance controls
  • CI/CD and IaC principles — Git, Git branching strategies, Terraform pipelines
  • Experience leading ARB (Architecture Review Board) reviews
  • Ability to define API governance standards — design-first approach and lifecycle management
  • Proven experience with target architecture, HADR, and performance/scalability design
  • Strong collaboration with Security, Network, Infra, and Product teams

Good to Have (Preferred)

  • Experience with Apigee/Kong migration programs — multi-org and multi-region topologies
  • SRE, Chaos engineering, and resiliency patterns
  • Service mesh — Istio, Linkerd
  • Cost/performance optimization and capacity sizing for high-TPS gateways
  • Background in multi-cloud API gateway architectures

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 Yashwant Singh
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  • Position Id: 2312-35330-
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Company Info

About DMS Vision Inc.

At DMS Vision, our main goal is to be an integral part of our customer’s success. With ambition to be a Global Premier Provider of innovative, value-based technology solutions, our team has the drive and determination to do whatever it takes to meet the needs of our clients. Through our services, we strive to save our client’s money, time and hassle in every way possible.

At DMS Vision, we provide IT Staffing, Software Development, Cybersecurity and IoT Development and Services.

Whenever we take on a new project, we take extensive measures to learn all that we can take care about our client’s business. This allows us to better understand their goals and become familiar with the company’s philosophy.

We combine the insights obtained from this unique perspective with our professional strategic processes to develop a detailed plan for achieving the client’s ultimate vision of accomplishment. Our collaborative approach to problem solving and our technological expertise enables us to tackle even the most complex of our customer’s problems.

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