BDR Solutions LLC

Provide engineering support and configuration for API gateway products including migration, CI/CD integration, and documentation in a government context. | Requires deep experience with Kong or similar API gateways, government security clearance, and U.S. citizenship. | Job Description: • Provide product-specific engineering support for gateway configuration, plugins/policies, routing, certificates, runtime groups, developer portal configuration, and environment promotion within Government-approved boundaries • Support accelerated API migration wave preparation, test execution, defect resolution, rollback validation, and dual-run troubleshooting when authorized by the Government • Support EAG/API-gateway CI/CD integration touchpoints, GitOps/configuration-as-code artifacts, governance validation, and observability and monitoring integration for the approved gateway product • Provide knowledge transfer, technical office hours, configuration documentation, surge activity status reporting, and completion evidence for Government acceptance • Provide surge support when the IRS authorizes a new API gateway product and determines additional capacity is needed Requirements: • Deep product-specific experience with Kong Enterprise, Kong Konnect, or comparable API gateway platform, including plugins/policies, developer portal configuration, GitOps, and observability integration • API migration support, including wave preparation, dual-run troubleshooting, rollback validation, and test execution within Government-paced delivery • CI/CD integration with Government-owned DevSecOps platforms for gateway configuration deployment; does not own CI/CD platform • Knowledge transfer and technical documentation in a federal delivery context • Active IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required • U.S. Citizenship required • Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance • May be subject to criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness investigations Benefits: