Platform Engineer (Kong API Gateway ) -

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description
The Vended Application Senior Consultant I has expertise in two or more areas of the business and delivers product features utilizing vended software, particularly ERP applications, by applying knowledge of the application's functionality and client business processes. The role contributes to the creation of technical designs for their area and configures vendor software for new or existing enterprise-wide and business-unit applications.

Core Technologies

• AWS & Azure: Compute, Networking, Storage

• Kubernetes: EKS / AKS

• Kong API Gateway (Hybrid preferred)

• Terraform, Ansible

• GitHub & GitHub Actions/Jenkins

• Deck (Kong config)

• Jfrog

• Redis

• Datadog

• HashiCorp Vault

• Ping Identity

• Lua scripting

• OpenAPI & Developer Portals

• SSL/TLS & Certificate management

• Strong hands-on implementation

• Build and manage CI/CD, IaC, and Kubernetes workloads

• Support API platform operations and troubleshooting

• Awareness on standards, governance, and best practices

• Deep expertise in Kong Hybrid architecture

• Bachelor's/Master degree in Engineering/Computer Science

• Certifications (Preferred): AWS / Azure / Kubernetes / Terraform

• Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)

• AI/ML integrations (Vector DB exposure)