Senior Gateway / Platform Engineer

Senior Gateway / Platform Engineer 

ROLE 

We need an experienced Senior Gateway / Platform Engineer at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This position supports the IRS Enterprise API Gateway Modernization and Operations (EAGMO) effort, migrating the agency's gateway platform from legacy IBM webMethods to a new Government selected product. In this role, you will serve as lead technical resource for configuration, troubleshooting, and engineering support of the Enterprise API Gateway across test, pre-production, and production environments. You will design routes, policies, plugins, certificates, and control/data plane configurations within approved boundaries, lead product specific input on the new platform, provide technical leadership through migration wave execution and rollback readiness, support platform currency activities, and produce configuration baselines and runbooks. This is a full time opportunity. We can offer a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. Appy today! 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Serves as the lead technical resource for day-to-day configuration, troubleshooting, and engineering support of the Enterprise API Gateway (currently IBM webMethods) across test, pre-production, and production environments.  

• Designs and implements API-side configuration changes — routes, policies, plugins, certificates, control/data plane patterns — within Government-approved architecture and security boundaries.  

• Leads product-specific engineering input for the new API Gateway platform installation and configuration once authorized by the Government, coordinating closely with IRS infrastructure, identity, and network teams for anything outside contractor control.  

• Provides technical leadership for phased API migration wave execution, including equivalent routing/policy/authentication configuration on the target platform and rollback readiness.  

• Supports platform currency and technical refresh activities (runtime upgrades, SSO/certificate updates, gateway component upgrades) at the application/gateway-platform layer.  

• Produces or reviews technical artifacts such as the Installation and Configuration Package, configuration baselines, and runbooks.  

• Explicitly does not own enterprise infrastructure architecture, does not hold Infrastructure Architect authority, and does not make ATO/cybersecurity risk-acceptance decisions. 

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE 

• 7 years of experience performing similar duties to this role 

• Experience may include, but is not limited to, platforms such as Google Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Microsoft Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, RedHat 3scale, Axway Amplify, WSO2 API Manager, Tyk, or comparable enterprise API gateway products.  

REQUIRED EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field 

• MBI is preferred 

LOCATION 

• Remote – Preferred to be based in National Capital Region 

CLEARANCE 

• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident is required 

• Ability to obtain IRS Minimum Background Investigation security clearance  

CLIENT 

IRS, Enterprise API Gateway Modernization and Operations (EAGMO) 

WORK HOURS 

• 40 hours per week 

• 8 hours per day 

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION 

• Employment Classification Eligibility — W2   

RELOCATION 

• Not eligible for relocation benefits 

COMPENSATION 

• Salary range: $155,000 – $175,000 

• Benefits: Benefits package includes options for health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; 401k contribution options 

West 4th Strategy is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, pregnancy, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.  

Other Considerations: applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individual’s primary workstation is located in an office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time; frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of the time.