Job Description:

- 1. Technical Leadership & Architecture

- Architecture & Design: Define the architecture, deployment patterns, and best

- practices for both Apigee (X/Hybrid) and Kong (Enterprise/Gateway).

- API Security: Establish robust security protocols across both gateways, including OAuth

- 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, rate limiting, and mTLS.

- Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Strategy: Oversee the deployment and management of API

- gateways across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).

- Migration & Coexistence: Design and execute strategies for API migration, integration,

- or coexistence between Apigee and Kong platforms.

- Performance Optimization: Ensure high availability, low latency, and scalability of the

- API platforms.

- 2. Team Management & Delivery

- People Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of API platform engineers and

- developers. Conduct performance reviews and foster qualified growth.

- Agile Delivery: Lead the team in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups





- to ensure timely delivery of integration projects.

- DevOps Integration: Drive automation by integrating Apigee and Kong configuration

- deployments into CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, etc.).

- 3. Strategy, Governance & Stakeholder Management

- API Governance: Define and enforce API design standards (OpenAPI/Swagger),

- versioning policies, and monetization strategies.

- Vendor Management: Act as the primary technical point of contact for Google (Apigee)

- and Kong representatives, managing licenses, support tickets, and roadmap alignments.

- Developer Experience: Evangelize the use of Developer Portals (both Apigee and

- Kong) to ensure a seamless self-service experience for internal and external consumers.

- Monitoring & Analytics: Implement comprehensive logging, monitoring, and alerting

- dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or ELK.

📌 KONG Developer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Acme Services Private
📍 Bengaluru