API Platform Engineer

Position: API Platform Engineer (Iyer)

Vanguard Group

Rate: $60/Hr c2c

Location: Malvern, PA

Hybrid Schedule (T\W\Th)

Job Description

Hands on platform engineer who can own gateway stability, unblock teams quickly, and safely operate Kong in production.

o Cloud Platform Expertise — Strong hands on experience with AWS and/or Azure, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and serverless services o Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — Proficiency with CloudFormation and/or Terraform to provision, manage, and version cloud infrastructure programmatically o Networking &

• Security — Solid understanding of VPCs, subnets, load balancers, firewalls, DNS, and TLS/SSL, with an emphasis on secure, scalable architectures o Containerization &
• Orchestration — Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and operating containerized workloads and managing container registries o CI/CD &
• Automation — Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, with a focus on automation, reliability, and safe deployments o Monitoring &
• Observability — Ability to implement and operate logging, metrics, and distributed tracing using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry o Scripting &
• Programming — Working knowledge of Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages to support automation, tooling, and operational efficiency