Kong Administration

Greetings from Skysoft

Job Title : Kong Administratio nLocation: Memphis T NExperience: 10+Years Must Visa: Only USC / H1B/ TN

Job Description:A Kong Administrator is responsible for deploying, configuring, managing, and maintaining the Kong API Gateway infrastructure that serves as the central control point for an organization's APIs and microservices traffi
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Core Responsibilit iesGateway Configuration & Managem

• entDeploy and configure Kong Gateway (OSS or Enterprise) across environments (dev, staging, producti
• on)Manage Services, Routes, Consumers, and Plugins via Kong Admin API, Kong Manager, or declarative config (deck/kong.ya
• ml)Design and enforce routing rules, load balancing strategies, and upstream configurati
• onsMaintain multi-workspace or multi-environment Kong topolog

iesSecurity & Access Cont

• rolImplement authentication plugins — API Key, OAuth 2.0, JWT, OIDC, mTLS, Basic A
• uthConfigure authorization policies using ACL, RBAC (Enterprise), and OPA integrati
• onsManage SSL/TLS certificates and certificate rotat
• ionEnforce IP restriction, bot detection, and rate limiting polic

iesTraffic Management & Polic

• iesConfigure rate limiting, request throttling, and quota managem
• entSet up circuit breakers, health checks, and retry lo
• gicImplement request/response transformation plug
• insManage canary releases and A/B routing strateg

iesPlugin Ecosys

• temEvaluate, configure, and maintain bundled and custom plug
• insDevelop or integrate Lua-based or Go/Python custom plug
• insManage plugin priority ordering and scope (global, service, route, consum

er)Observability & Monitor

• ingIntegrate Kong with logging platforms (Datadog, Splunk, ELK, Prometheus/Grafa
• na)Configure access logs, error logs, and audit l
• ogsSet up health dashboards and SLA/SLO alert
• ingMonitor latency, error rates, and upstream health metr

icsHigh Availability & Scalabil

• ityConfigure Kong in DB-less or PostgreSQL/Cassandra backed mo
• desManage clustering, horizontal scaling, and failover for Kong data plane no
• desDeploy and manage Kong with Kubernetes (Kong Ingress Controller / K
• IC)Tune performance parameters (worker processes, connection pools, timeou

ts)CI/CD & Infrastructure as C

• odeManage Kong configurations via decK for GitOps workfl
• owsIntegrate Kong config deployment into CI/CD pipeli
• nesVersion control all gateway configurati
• onsPerform zero-downtime configuration updates and rollba

cksDeveloper Portal & API Lifecycle (Enterpri

• se)Administer the Kong Developer Portal for API documentation and onboard
• ingManage API versioning strategies and deprecation polic
• iesSupport internal teams with API onboarding and consumer provision

ingGovernance & Complia

• nceEnforce API governance standards and naming conventi
• onsMaintain audit trails for configuration chan
• gesSupport SOC 2, PCI-DSS, or HIPAA compliance requirements through gateway contr
• olsDocument all gateway policies and runbo

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Key Skills & Qualificat ionsArea Det ailsCore ToolsKong Gateway, decK, Kong Manager, Kong Admin APIProtocolsHTTP/S, gRPC, WebSocket, REST, Gra phQLAuth StandardsOAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, SAMLInfrastructureKubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terra formScriptingLua, Python, BashDatabasesPostgreSQL, Cassandra (for traditional m ode)ObservabilityPrometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK S tackCI/CDGitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLa
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