API Gateway, Engineer

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What We'll Bring:

Seeking a Developer that will operate as a member of a core team of specialists that are responsible for the delivery of complex enterprise level services leveraging the principles of a microservice architecture, and deployed using Kubernetes both on premise and off premise multi-cloud (AWS and Azure).

What You'll Bring:

API Gateway Engineer - Kong

Job Description

 

Role Overview

Seeking an experienced API Gateway Engineer with strong expertise in Kong to design, implement, and manage our API infrastructure. Must be proficient in Lua scripting, with additional skills in Go or JavaScript.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain Kong API Gateway in non-production environments.
• Configure and manage Kong Services and Routes for API traffic management.
• Implement and configure standard Kong plugins (authentication, rate limiting, logging, transformations)
• Integrate Kong with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms.
• Automate Kong deployments using IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• Develop custom Kong plugins using Lua scripting (added advantage)

 

Required Skills

Kong Expertise

•  3+ years hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway
• Hands-on in Kong Services & Routes configuration along with standard Kong plugins:
• Kong Admin API and declarative configuration (deck)

Scripting & Programming

• Lua (primary)
• Go or JavaScript (secondary)
• Shell scripting (Bash/Python)
• Understanding of Kong PDK (for custom plugins)

Infrastructure & Tools

• CI/CD tools
• Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch)

 

Impact You'll Make:

Who We Are:

• At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
• Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.

• • We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Developer, Development Ops