**ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**
Join Our Team as a Senior API Management Engineer
Are you ready to make a lasting impact with cutting-edge technology? As a Senior API Management Engineer, you’ll craft innovative solutions to complex challenges, tailoring them to the unique needs of our clients. At D2, your career growth is just as important as your contributions to improving our clients’ operations. If you’re passionate about application development and optimizing user experiences, this role is for you!
We're looking for a TS/SCI-cleared Senior API Management Engineer to join our team and support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO. In this role, you'll help ensure that today is safe and tomorrow is smarter by driving API management solutions for mission-critical services.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
At D2 Consulting, we believe in the power of technology to drive change. As a Senior API Management Engineer, you’ll lead the deployment and management of Kong Enterprise API gateway solutions that ensure high availability, performance, and scalability across enterprise environments. Working as part of the Continuous Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, you'll leverage your deep expertise in API management and cloud operations to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our client's operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead API Gateway Deployments: Manage the deployment, configuration, and continuous optimization of Kong Enterprise in a dynamic enterprise environment.
- Ensure Reliability & Performance: Oversee the high availability and scalability of API infrastructure to meet evolving business needs.
- Provide Expert Support: Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to API management and cloud environments, offering advanced technical support to clients.
- Collaborate with Engineering Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance API integration across various applications and drive improvements in API consumption strategies.
- Optimize API Performance: Monitor and fine-tune API performance, addressing scalability and reliability challenges as they arise.
- Document Best Practices: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, guiding teams on best practices for API management and cloud integration.
- Drive Innovation: Lead continuous improvement initiatives to refine and advance API strategies and cloud operations.
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in IT, with a focus on API management, cloud operations, and customer support.
- Proven experience deploying and managing Kong Enterprise API gateway or similar API management platforms in a cloud environment.
Required Skills:
- API Management Expertise: Strong knowledge of Kong Enterprise and its integration within cloud platforms.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Expertise in AWS cloud services and infrastructure management.
- Advanced Troubleshooting: Skilled at resolving complex API and cloud issues with precision and speed.
- Linux Knowledge: Proficiency with Linux distributions like RedHat and CentOS.
- DevOps & Agile: Experience with DevOps practices, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI and Nexus.
- Leadership Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to mentor and lead junior team members.
Location: Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO
Clearance Required: TS/SCI clearance
If you’re ready to drive the future of API management and cloud solutions while advancing your career, we want to hear from you! Apply today and be part of a team that makes a real difference.
Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $170-190k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
- Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!
D2 Consulting is committed to a merit-based recruitment process and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. As a Veteran-Owned Small Business, we particularly welcome applications from veterans who have the requisite skills and experience. Job applicants that are interested in one of our openings and may require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, should contact us to request an accommodation.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of IT experience with a focus on API management, cloud operations, and customer support
- Proven experience deploying and managing Kong Enterprise API gateway or similar API management platforms in a cloud environment
- Strong knowledge of Kong Enterprise and its integration within cloud platforms
- Expertise in AWS cloud services and infrastructure management
- Proficiency with Linux distributions such as RedHat and CentOS
- Experience with DevOps practices, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Nexus)
- Advanced troubleshooting skills for complex API and cloud issues
- Leadership and mentoring ability to guide junior team members
What We Do
D2 Consulting provides services to the Federal Government focused in the following three area's We leverage D2 Consulting engineering, operations and governance best practices to efficiently and effectively deploy, maintain and continuously improve IT services and solutions. This includes not only engineering solutions such as VDI and providing direct support to operations but also deploying the tools to instrument and maintain Enterprise performance and availability (including ITSM and Enterprise Management Tools). Protect & Secure: This is our cyber security practice, which includes functions like audit and information assurance, as well as the traditional mechanics of securing IT systems and services. We have experience working with the Government to better manage risk to help move the accreditation process along. This is especially true with respect to adapting accreditation controls to a cloud environment. Cloud Migration and Data Center modernization/consolidation: This area is focused on cloud migration and adoption as well as data center consolidation. We work to ensure that infrastructure requirements are implemented correctly, according to best practices and in a timely manner.
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