Design and implement Kong API Gateway solutions in AKS, EKS and OpenShift environments.
Manage the lifecycle of Kong components including Kong Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, and plugins.
Maintain and develop scripts/pipelines for managing our infrastructure in both cloud and on-premise, configurations, and gathering metrics
Monitor and troubleshoot API traffic, latency, and gateway performance issues.
Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to define API standards, policies, and governance.
Ensure secure API exposure through authentication, rate limiting, logging, and auditing.
Maintain and upgrade Kong Gateway versions and associated infrastructure components.
Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.

3+ years of Dev Ops/Platform Engineer Role
Good experience with API Gateway preferrably Kong API Gateway.
Experience with Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), Azure DevOps Pipelines and Network.
Experience with Openshift and container deployments
Proficiency in Bash, Python, Terraform and AzureCLI scripts.
Experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps.
Familiarity with API security best practices (OAuth2, mTLS, JWT).
Strong troubleshooting skills in containerized environments.
Experience of monitoring tools like Splunk, Dynatrace, or Grafana.
Technical Communication: Explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Outcome-Focused: Balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery of user value.

Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance
10% Employee Benefit Budget
EUR 1,400 development budget per year
Hybrid working: balance between home and office work
A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

DevOps Engineer, API Platform

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