Senior Systems Engineer – Kong AI Gateway (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.

Lansing (MI)

Remote

USD 125,000 - 180,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Generous vacation

Parental leave

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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 the technical execution of a governed connectivity layer for internal AI workloads and external SaaS integrations.

You will implement IAM controls, mTLS, and certificate management while collaborating with product, security, and engineering teams to deliver robust gateway patterns, secure identity

Qualifications

8+ years engineering experience in enterprise-scale platforms.
Experience with API gateway architecture and high-throughput systems.
Strong IAM, OAuth/OIDC/JWT/mTLS and security by design.
Proficiency with Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD and YAML/Helm.
OpenTelemetry, Splunk for observability and auditing.
Programming in Go, Lua, Python or TS; experience with AI workflows.

Responsibilities

Own, scale, and secure the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform.
Provide secure routing for MCP servers, tools, and agents.
Onboard internal apps by configuring gateway routes, credentials, and policies.
Collaborate with product, security, and enterprise AI teams in Agile sprints.
Implement IAM controls, OAuth 2.0, and identity propagation across calls.
Manage SSL/TLS, mTLS, and certificate lifecycles with automation.
Enforce security guardrails, DLP, and prompt protection at the gateway.
Design traffic shaping, load balancing, and provider failover strategies.
Maintain IaaS configs (YAML, Helm) and GitOps pipelines for deployments.
Instrument with OpenTelemetry, log to Splunk, and measure platform health.

Skills

API gateway architecture

Kubernetes

IAM (OAuth/OIDC/JWT/mTLS)

CI/CD automation (GitLab)

OpenTelemetry / Splunk

Go / Lua / Python / TS

Security & access controls

Agile / Scrum

Jira / Slack integration

Non-human identities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science (bonus)

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

YAML

Helm

cert-manager

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Lua

Python

TypeScript / JavaScript

AWS Bedrock

Okta

OAuth 2.0

Job description

You will implement IAM controls, mTLS, and certificate management while collaborating with product, security, and engineering teams to deliver robust gateway patterns, secure identity

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