Senior Systems Engineer — AI Gateway & Secure Infra (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation

Wellness

Paid time off

Development

Networking

Office culture

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to own, scale, and secure our enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform as a core pillar of the AI Platform Enablement team. You will drive technical execution of a governed connectivity layer, enabling resilient gateway patterns and robust access controls across internal services.

You will collaborate with product managers, security teams, and engineers to deliver secure, scalable AI connectivity at enterprise scale, including IAM (OAuth

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience in full-stack app development and enterprise architecture.
• Experience with enterprise-scale platforms handling high-volume traffic and multi-system integrations.
• Understanding of API gateway architecture, high-throughput traffic management and secure-by-design operating models.
• Familiarity with languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform with high availability and low latency.
• Configure secure routing for MCP servers, tools, and agents across internal microservices and external SaaS ecosystems.
• Streamline onboarding for internal apps by provisioning gateway routes, credentials and access policies.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate complex requirements into iterative plans.
• Identify improvements to gateway operations and integration workflows.
• Design and implement IAM controls for AI, including OAuth 2.0 and Okta integration.
• Manage SSL/TLS/mTLS lifecycles and certificate renewal/rotation (cert-manager).
• Enforce security guardrails and DLP at the gateway boundary.

Skills

Kong AI Gateway

IAM & OAuth 2.0

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

OpenTelemetry

Go / Lua

Security & GRC

Tools

cert-manager

Okta

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to own, scale, and secure our enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform as a core pillar of the AI Platform Enablement team. You will drive technical execution of a governed connectivity layer, enabling resilient gateway patterns and robust access controls across internal services.

You will collaborate with product managers, security teams, and engineers to deliver secure, scalable AI connectivity at enterprise scale, including IAM (OAuth