Senior Kong Platform Engineer - API Gateway & Cloud Ops

Vanguard

Malvern (Chester County)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking an experienced Kong External API Gateway engineer to support security fixes, patching, and platform optimization. You will help ensure secure, scalable API communications with external vendors and partners in a complex enterprise boundary.

The role requires deep Kong experience in gateway configurations, containers, testing, and performance validation. You will collaborate in an Agile, run-it-yourself environment with emphasis on reliability, incident response,

Qualifications

Deep experience with Kong Gateway and related configurations.
Proficiency in containerized environments and CI/CD.
Strong testing practices including performance validation.

Responsibilities

Evaluate changes for impact and risk, implement safely, and validate thoroughly.
Build, test, deploy, and support Kong Gateway configurations, plugins, integrations, and new capabilities.
Troubleshoot production issues and trace requests across the full stack from gateway to upstream services.
Conduct performance, load, resiliency, and API testing.
Apply security patches, implement security controls, and support incident response.
Maintain documentation, configuration governance, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment standards.