Kong Admin

Kong Administrator / AI Gateway Engineer Recro | Bangalore (Hybrid) | Full-Time Location Bangalore (Hybrid) Shift Timing 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST Experience 4+ Years Employment Type Full-Time Transport Cab facility provided (two-way) Job Summary We are looking for a skilled Kong Administrator / AI Gateway Engineer to join Recro's technology team in Bangalore. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on experience in API Gateway management, Kong administration, and AI/LLM proxy development, along with solid foundations in cloud infrastructure (Azure), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and CI/CD automation. This role will support enterprise-grade API and AI Gateway solutions, enabling secure, scalable and governed access to multiple LLM providers. Key Responsibilities • Configure, administer, and support Kong Gateway environments (OSS/Enterprise) including setup, maintenance and upgrades. • Design and implement enterprise-grade AI Gateway solutions using Kong AI Gateway. • Configure AI-specific policies including prompt logging, content filtering, token controls and guardrails. • Enable secure access to multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Mistral, Llama) through a unified gateway architecture. • Develop routing strategies across multiple AI models based on latency, cost and availability, including load balancing and failover management. • Implement AI observability, token analytics, usage tracking and cost governance. • Integrate RAG-based AI services through secure API management frameworks. • Implement API security, authentication, throttling and governance policies (OAuth2, JWT, OIDC). • Deploy and manage Kong in Kubernetes-based environments using Docker and Helm. • Manage Kong Konnect configurations — routes, services, consumers, catalog, upstreams and API packages. • Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform, with Azure compute, storage, security and networking. • Automate deployments and operational processes using CI/CD tools (Jenkins / GitHub Actions). • Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize gateway performance using Prometheus, Grafana and ELK/Splunk. • Ensure compliance with enterprise AI governance, security and regulatory requirements. • Establish AI platform standards, reusable AI APIs and best practices for GenAI adoption. • Support AI agent and MCP (Model Context Protocol)-based integrations within enterprise ecosystems. Must-Have Skills • 4+ years of relevant experience in API Management, Middleware or Platform Engineering. • Hands-on experience with Kong Gateway administration (OSS/Enterprise) — setup, maintenance and upgrades. • Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. • Azure (compute, storage, security and network). • CI/CD tools: Jenkins / GitHub Actions.