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The Vanguard Group Cloud Engineer, Specialist in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Cloud Engineer, Specialist (The Vanguard Group, Inc. / Malvern, PA) -- Ensure REST API best practices are implemented by API producers using linting on API contract; ensure external consumer traffic goes through Kong API gateway by implementing security, rate limiting to save company microservices for DDOS/SQL Injection attacks; design and implement custom plugins for Token exchange using python language to check authorization of API consumer when called externally through Kong API gateway; implement reliable Content delivery network layer including Akamai with Ingress Cloud Proxy to external consumers with proper security controls; integrate with Konnect SaaS control plane with on-premise data plane for seamless runtime traffic for external consumers even though communication lost with Konnect SaaS; involve in team discussions including tech talks for key implementation/enhancements for External Kong gateway; create Splunk dashboards to monitor and analyze API traffic for any issues with platform; business-as-usual requests for API Platforms (e.g. upgrading Kong external gateway to latest supported version). Requires Master's in Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, Computer Applications, or closely related IT field and two years of experience in job offered or in IT position(s) including Lead Software Engineer and/or Assistant Consultant, or Bachelor's and five years of experience. Background in education, training or experience must include Apigee API Gateway, Apigee Hybrid, Apigee On-Prem, Microgateway, AWS Computing, Kong API Gateway, JavaScript, Python, AWS CloudFormation, AWS RDS, AWS ECS, Speccy Lint tool, Apigee Analytics, Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and Oracle. Company operates on hybrid model with three days in office and work-from-home available two days.