Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government, focusing on delivering mission success through technical expertise. They are seeking a Gateway Engineer to design, develop, validate, and maintain API gateway automation workflows and components, with a strong emphasis on API lifecycle modernization and developer self-service enablement.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain API gateway configurations, policies, routes, services, consumer/application definitions, access controls, certificates, logging, telemetry, and deployment artifacts
- Build reusable API onboarding and lifecycle components using configuration-as-code, templates, scripts, workflow definitions, and approved automation patterns
- Support developer portal/API catalog capabilities, including API documentation, access request workflows, API specifications, onboarding guidance, and integration with identity/access processes
- Support achievement of EAG automation outcomes, including minimum 75 percent reduction in manual onboarding steps, minimum 90 percent automated onboarding success rate without manual rework, and 100 percent Zero Trust compliance for newly onboarded or migrated APIs prior to production deployment
- Implement and validate API lifecycle standards for naming, versioning, schemas, error handling, security, authentication, authorization, telemetry, and documentation
- Support functional, connectivity, regression, security, observability, and operational-readiness validation as part of assigned deliverables
- Document configurations, implementation steps, validation evidence, defects, retest outcomes, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials
- Work within Government-approved CI/CD environments without owning or administering enterprise CI/CD platforms
Skills
- 4+ years of API, integration, middleware, application platform, backend engineering, or related experience
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with API gateway or API management platforms
- Experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON/XML, HTTP/S, TLS, API versioning, and API documentation
- Experience implementing API security controls such as OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, SAML, mTLS, API keys, RBAC, token validation, scopes/claims, and certificate-based patterns
- Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js, Java, Groovy, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Helm, or comparable technologies
- Experience with Git-based workflows and configuration-as-code practices
- Ability to produce technical documentation, validation evidence, and operational handoff materials
- Active IRS MBI or recent IRS suitability
- Experience with IBM webMethods API Gateway, Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, WSO2, 3scale, or comparable products
- Experience developing developer portals, API catalogs, self-service onboarding workflows, reusable API templates, or API governance automation
- Developer portal platforms such as Backstage, Stoplight, Kong Dev Portal, Apigee Developer Portal, or comparable tools
- Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 accessibility awareness for developer portal delivery
- FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, IRS IRM 10.8, IRS Publication 4812, or comparable federal security-control experience
- Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes, containers, GitOps, CI/CD pipeline integration, AppDynamics, ELK/Splunk, OpenTelemetry, or API observability
- Experience supporting API migrations, dual-run operations, rollback validation, or platform modernization
Benefits
- A great benefits package
- Excellent training and career development opportunities
- Flexible work schedules
- A generous compensation package
- Providing outstanding benefits
- Creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals
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