Senior API Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native & DevOps

Booz Allen Hamilton; Scott Air Force Base (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise-scale API platforms to enable secure, high-performance integration across mission-critical applications. The role emphasizes back-end engineering, cloud-native API gateways, and DevOps with Kubernetes, collaborating with clients, architects, developers, and operations teams.

Join Booz Allen Hamilton in advancing digital transformation initiatives, with a focus on secure, scalable API

Qualifications

• Back-end or platform engineering with distributed systems and API design.
• Experience deploying real-time, low-latency API platforms at scale (e.g., Apigee, Gravitee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, MuleSoft).
• Experience with DevOps practices and Kubernetes-based deployments, including Docker, Helm, and GitOps.
• Knowledge of API security, caching, load balancing, and protocols (HTTP, gRPC, WebSockets).
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Git and collaboration tools (Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Nexus, Bitbucket).
• Secret clearance is required.
• HS diploma or GED.
• Ability to obtain Security+ Certification within 30 days of hire date.

Skills

Back-end engineering

Distributed systems

API design

Java or Python

DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Git

Security clearance

HS diploma or GED

Security+ readiness

Education

HS diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity/related field

DoD 8140 Certification

Tools

Docker

Helm

Kubernetes

GitOps workflows

Jenkins

Jira

Confluence

Nexus

Bitbucket

Apigee

Gravitee

Kong

AWS API Gateway

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise-scale API platforms to enable secure, high-performance integration across mission-critical applications. The role emphasizes back-end engineering, cloud-native API gateways, and DevOps with Kubernetes, collaborating with clients, architects, developers, and operations teams.

Join Booz Allen Hamilton in advancing digital transformation initiatives, with a focus on secure, scalable API