Senior Systems Engineer, Kong AI Gateway (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Salem (OR); A distancia; USD 125.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

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Compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Vacation & holidays

Parental leaves

Dev opportunities

Employee networks

Office culture

Great Place to Work

Descripción de la vacante

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own, scale, and secure the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform within the AI Platform Enablement team. You will connect AI workloads with core services, external SaaS, and foundation models, while ensuring secure, scalable, and observable operations across the enterprise.

You will collaborate with product managers, Enterprise AI teams, and security stakeholders to deliver resilient gateway patterns, robust IAM, and automated, high‑throughput

Formación

• 8+ years engineering experience in software/enterprise systems.
• Experience with API gateways and high-throughput traffic systems.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and containerized deployments.
• Knowledge of IAM (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT) and security best practices.
• Proficient in CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD).
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Splunk, and monitoring.

Responsabilidades

• 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 services.
• Onboard internal apps by provisioning gateway routes, credentials, and access policies.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate requirements into iterations.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive continuous operational improvements.
• Design and implement IAM controls for AI workloads (OAuth 2.0, Okta).
• Manage SSL/TLS, mTLS, and certificate lifecycle automation.
• Enforce security guardrails, DLP, and prompt filtering at the gateway.
• Implement traffic shaping, load balancing, and failover strategies.
• Develop IaaS configs (YAML/Helm) and GitLab CI/CD templates for GitOps.
• Instrument gateway with OpenTelemetry and log audits in Splunk.
• Utilize Kong plugins and develop custom plugins as needed.

Conocimientos

8+ years exp

Full-stack

Enterprise-scale

API gateway

Kubernetes

CI/CD GitLab

OAuth 2.0/Okta

Observability

Herramientas

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

cert-manager

Okta

OAuth 2.0

Kong gateway

Descripción del empleo

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own, scale, and secure the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform within the AI Platform Enablement team. You will connect AI workloads with core services, external SaaS, and foundation models, while ensuring secure, scalable, and observable operations across the enterprise.

You will collaborate with product managers, Enterprise AI teams, and security stakeholders to deliver resilient gateway patterns, robust IAM, and automated, high‑throughput