Makpar Corporation

Makpar Corporation

Gateway Automation Engineer

Remote, US-Based

Sponsorship not specified$53k-$800kDetected 13 days ago
GitAWSAzureKubernetesTerraformAnsibleHelmCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsDevOpsPlatform EngineeringOAuthZero TrustArgo CD

About the role

  • This role focuses on gateway-side pipeline integration, deployment automation, validation gates, configuration promotion, GitOps/configuration-as-code artifacts, and migration/onboarding automation while not owning or administering the enterprise CI/CD platform.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain EAG/API-gateway automation components that integrate with Government-approved CI/CD pipelines.
  • Create and validate configuration-as-code, pipeline-compatible deployment artifacts, gateway promotion workflows, API validation gates, and migration automation components.
  • Support automated checks for API specification quality, governance compliance, Zero Trust controls, telemetry, configuration drift, and production-readiness evidence.
  • Build automation and validation evidence that supports PWS automation outcomes, including 75 percent manual onboarding reduction, 90 percent automated onboarding success rate, and 100 percent Zero Trust/governance compliance prior to production deployment.
  • Support Git-based version control, branching, pull/merge request workflows, artifact repositories, and release evidence.
  • Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Gateway Automation Engineer to develop, validate, and maintain API-gateway automation components that integrate with Government-owned CI/CD pipelines and approved DevSecOps toolchains.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in automation engineering, API gateway engineering, DevOps-adjacent application/platform engineering, integration engineering, or software delivery automation.
  • 2+ years integrating application/platform components with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Git, YAML/JSON, scripting, build/deploy automation, environment promotion, artifact management, and configuration-as-code.
  • Experience with API gateways, API management platforms, middleware, microservices, or application integration platforms.
  • Familiarity with pipeline-integrated validation, automated deployment checks, security gates, telemetry checks, and release evidence.

Nice to have

  • Active IRS MBI or recent IRS suitability
  • Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Tekton, Argo CD, Harness, Bamboo, or comparable tools.
  • Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift, Helm, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, containers, secrets/certificates management, or cloud deployment patterns.
  • Experience automating API gateway configuration for Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, IBM webMethods, WSO2, 3scale, or comparable platforms.
  • Experience implementing automated governance, Zero Trust validation, API specification validation, telemetry validation, or migration-readiness checks.
  • FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, IRS IRM 10.8, IRS Publication 4812, or comparable federal security-control experience.
  • Experience with OAuth2/OIDC/SAML/JWT/mTLS, certificate lifecycle management, and gateway policy automation.

Compensation

  • Benefits: At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous c

Benefits

  • We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.

Company info

  • Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government. We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success. We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW. Using our signature consulting methodology that we call "The Makpar Way," we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape. We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people. Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services. When it comes to excellence, we deliver. Learn more about our employer brand at makpar.com/careers.
  • About the position:
  • Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Gateway Automation Engineer to develop, validate, and maintain API-gateway automation components that integrate with Government-owned CI/CD pipelines and approved DevSecOps toolchains. This role focuses on gateway-side pipeline integration, deployment automation, validation gates, configuration promotion, GitOps/configuration-as-code artifacts, and migration/onboarding automation while not owning or administering the enterprise CI/CD platform.
  • Role Specific Duties/Role Responsibilities:
  • Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government.
  • We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success.
  • We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW.
  • Using our signature consulting methodology that we call "The Makpar Way," we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape.
  • We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people.
  • Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services.
  • When it comes to excellence, we deliver.
  • Learn more about our employer brand at makpar.com/careers.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services

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