Senior AI Gateway Architect - Kong, IAM & Security

StradIT

Dallas (TX)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

StradIT is seeking a Senior AI Gateway Engineer to lead architecture, engineering, security, and operations of an enterprise AI Gateway platform centered on Kong AI Gateway. You will drive secure, scalable, compliant AI consumption across LLMs, A2A, and retrieval services.

The role demands deep Kong expertise, cloud-native design, IAM integration, and Zero Trust governance within a regulated financial services context.

Qualifications

8+ years designing and operating enterprise API, application, or cloud platforms.
5+ years cloud architecture and security.
3+ years working with AI/ML platform technologies or enterprise AI deployments.
Hands-on experience implementing Kong Gateway and Kong Enterprise.
Experience in regulated financial services is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Design and evolve enterprise AI Gateway solutions using Kong AI Gateway and Kong Enterprise.
Develop standardized onboarding patterns for applications, AI agents, and business services consuming AI.
Engineer reusable integration patterns for major AI services.
Implement intelligent model routing, failover, and provider abstraction.
Develop custom Kong plugins and integrations for AI governance and security.
Define scalable deployment architectures across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.