Need KONG Connect API integration lead - onsite in GA-all visa -C2C

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Shruthi M

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Apr 3, 2026, 1:37:05 PM (23 hours ago) Apr 3
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4/3/2026API Integration Architect - Kong Konnect
Atlanta, GA
API Integration Architect - Kong Konnect
Atlanta, GA
Rate: $65
MANDATORY SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
Strong Solution Architect experience with Kong
GCP platform experience
Terraform
GKE / Kubernetes
Shell scripting
APIGEE

Role Description:
Role Overview
Own end-to-end architecture for Kong Konnect and Kong Gateway (Control Plane Data Plane) across onprem and GCP.
Lead ARB reviews, target architecture, security, HADR, observability, and performance-scalability design.
Define API governance standards, design-first approach and lifecycle management collaborate with Security, Network, Infra and Product teams.

Must-Have Technical Skills:
10 years in integration-API architecture with at least 2 enterprise API gateway programs.
Kong Konnect Gateway architecture, decK, declarative config, workspaces, RBAC.
Security patterns mTLS, OAuth2OIDC, JWT, API keys, rate limiting, WAF, secretscert management.
Cloud onprem GCP (VPC, load balancing), Linux, networking fundamentals.
Observability integration (Dynatracelogging), audit and compliance controls.
CICD and IaC principles (Git, Git branching, Terraform pipelines).

Good to Have Technical Skills:
Experience with Apigee Kong migration programs and multiorg multiregion topologies.
SREChaosresiliency patterns service mesh (IstioLinkerd).
Costperformance optimization and capacity sizing for highTPS gateways.
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