Senior API Gateway Engineer — Enterprise & Security Focus

Makpar; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Makpar is seeking a Lead Gateway Engineer to provide senior technical execution for enterprise API gateway engineering, modernization, migration, configuration, and production-readiness activities under an IRS program.

This role guides gateway implementation patterns, migration approaches, configuration standards, validation evidence, and cross-team coordination across legacy IBM webMethods and target gateways.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of API management and integration experience in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise API gateway products and production deployments.
• Strong knowledge of API security patterns (OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, JWT, mTLS, RBAC).

Responsibilities

• Lead API gateway engineering across legacy IBM webMethods and government-approved platforms.
• Configure gateway routes, services, policies, certificates, and authentication patterns.
• Plan and execute API migrations, validation, rollback, and cutover readiness.
• Implement Zero Trust and token validation in accordance with cybersecurity bounds.
• Provide technical guidance, documentation, and release evidence for production readiness.
• Coordinate with architecture, cybersecurity, network, and CI/CD teams.
• Produce baselines, migration packages, and operational runbooks.

Skills

API management

Enterprise integration

Gateway engineering

Security patterns

REST APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

Documentation

Tools

Google Apigee

Kong

MuleSoft Anypoint

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

IBM API Connect

Red Hat 3scale

WSO2 API Manager

Job description

Makpar is seeking a Lead Gateway Engineer to provide senior technical execution for enterprise API gateway engineering, modernization, migration, configuration, and production-readiness activities under an IRS program.

This role guides gateway implementation patterns, migration approaches, configuration standards, validation evidence, and cross-team coordination across legacy IBM webMethods and target gateways.