Anudeep Vurimi

Results-driven Kong API Gateway Engineer and Senior Technical Lead with 9 years of end-to-end experience in API Management and Enterprise Integration across A2A, B2B, and B2C domains. Hands-on expertise across Kong API Gateway, Kong AI Gateway (2+ yrs), webMethods API Gateway / Developer Portal / Integration Server (4+ yrs), and IBM Sterling Integrator (4+ yrs). Successfully migrated 200+ APIs from webMethods to Kong, implementing OAuth 2.0, mTLS, upstream OAuth, rate limiting, and advanced routing patterns.

Proficient in Lua-based Kong plugin development, Azure Active Directory (IDP) integration, Kubernetes-based hybrid multi-cloud deployments (Azure & AWS), and REST API testing using Postman and Insomnia. Active contributor to Kong vendor roadmap, having identified and reported platform gaps adopted into future releases. Seeking senior Kong API Management or webMethods API Management roles.

Technical Lead → Senior Technical Lead - HCLTech

(2022-05)

• Migrated 200+ APIs to Kong
• Promoted to Senior Technical Lead
• Identified platform gaps adopted into Kong vendor roadmap
• Architected and executed zero-downtime migration of 200+ APIs from webMethods API Gateway to Kong API Gateway and Kong AI Gateway on a Kubernetes-based hybrid multi-cloud platform spanning Azure and AWS
• Implemented end-to-end security patterns during migration including mTLS, OAuth 2.0, upstream OAuth, rate limiting, header-based routing, and path-based routing — covering the full spectrum of Kong authentication and traffic management plugins
• Authored custom Kong plugins in Lua to extend gateway behaviour — request/response transformation, custom authentication handlers, header manipulation, rate limiting overrides, and advanced dynamic routing logic
• Identified multiple bugs and missing functionalities in Kong during migration; formally reported findings to the vendor, with several items accepted into the Kong product roadmap
• Administer and customise the Kong Developer Portal — API documentation publishing, consumer application registration, tiered access plans, and developer onboarding workflows for 10+ consumer teams
• Integrated Azure Active Directory (Azure IDP) with Kong Gateway for enterprise-grade OAuth 2.0 and OIDC-based authentication and authorisation, enabling SSO-aligned API access for internal and external consumers
• Engineered custom operational utilities and reporting tools using Kong Admin API and webMethods Management APIs — providing real-time transactional visibility, gateway health dashboards, and automated alerting
• Manage multi-environment API deployments (Dev → QA → UAT → Production) with structured change-control processes and rollback strategies
• Utilise Postman and Insomnia for end-to-end API testing, collection management, environment-based testing, and pre/post-deployment validation across all gateway environments

System Engineer → IT Analyst (ITA) - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

(2020-05 - 2022-05)

Telecom Domain · webMethods API Gateway 10.5 / 10.15 · webMethods Developer Portal · API Enablement & CI/CD

• Spearheaded API Enablement team initiatives — defined and governed reusable API design patterns; conducted PoCs ratified and adopted as enterprise standards by 5+ delivery teams
• Architected and maintained the end-to-end API lifecycle on webMethods API Gateway — spanning demand intake, design, development, testing, deployment, and deprecation phases
• Established the webMethods Developer Portal as an enterprise API marketplace: customised portal UI/UX, configured subscription management, automated approval workflows, and publisher/consumer onboarding for 100+ APIs
• Engineered CI/CD pipelines for API deployments leveraging Jenkins, Shell scripting, webMethods Deployer, and Promotion Management APIs — cutting manual deployment effort by ~60%
• Developed a bespoke demand-to-delivery lifecycle management tool covering the full API request pipeline, providing end-to-end visibility across stakeholders and reducing intake-to-delivery tracking overhead
• Conducted technical PoCs on API versioning, policy enforcement, traffic management, and mediation patterns; presented findings to architecture boards driving platform standardisation across the programme
• Acted as platform SME and go-to advisor for webMethods API Management, enabling self-service API publishing and consumption across development teams

System Engineer → B2B Integration Engineer - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

(2016-11 - 2020-05)

Telecom Domain · IBM Sterling Integrator (4+ yrs) · EDI / AS2 / RosettaNet · B2B Admin & Production L3 Support

• Administered IBM Sterling Integrator in a large-scale production B2B environment, processing Electronic Data Interchange / EDI (X12/EDIFACT) and AS2 message flows for 35+ telecom trading partners
• Delivered production L3 support and incident management — triaging, diagnosing, and resolving integration failures, map errors, and communication channel issues within SLA across a 24/7 environment
• Engineered end-to-end trading partner onboarding and configuration for AS2, RosettaNet, and HTTP-based partners — partner profile setup, envelope configuration, and connectivity testing for 35+ partners over 3.5 years
• Enforced SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management and security updates across all B2B communication channels, ensuring uninterrupted partner connectivity
• Orchestrated production code deployments — business process workflows, maps, and service configurations — through structured change management processes with zero unplanned downtime
• Enabled A2A and B2B integration flows including EDI transaction sets, functional acknowledgements (997/CONTRL), and interoperability testing with new trading partners
• Optimised platform health through proactive log monitoring, performance tuning, mailbox management, and scheduled job administration

B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering - SASTRA University (2016)

Class XII (Intermediate) - Narayana Junior College (2012)

Class X (SSC) - Narayana School (2010)