Principal Engineer – AWS & Kafka
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026. Cognizant scores A on the Alion truth index.
We’re hiring!
We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to work supporting one of our clients as a Technology Architect ( Kafka )
Job Summary
Seasoned Integration Architect to own the enterprise API Management strategy and broader integration landscape spanning APIs events and queues on AWS. Strong handson expertise required in Apigee and AWS API Gateway with exposure to ManufacturingSupply Chain integration scenarios order management plant systems logistics ERP SCM integrations
Responsibilities
Own end to end Enterprise Integrations based on Apigee Kafka Microservices platforms. Work with various app teams understand requirements design develop and deploy the Integrations
Very good handson expertise on Apigee. policies rate limiting OAuth JWT security traffic management Javascript Apigee custom development
Design the overall integration landscape connecting APIs event streams and message queues across enterprise systems
Define API led connectivity patterns for Manufacturing and Supply Chain systems like ERP MES WMS EDI B2B integrations and partner vendor connectivity
Establish API design standards RESTOpenAPI governance frameworks and reusable integration patterns
Guide integration of eventdriven and queue based components Kafka SQS SNS EventBridge alongside API layer
Partner with supply chain manufacturing and business stakeholders to translate operational requirements into scalable integration solutions
Drive API security observability and performance throttling caching analytics monitoring
Evaluate and recommend API management tooling including Kong as platform needs evolve
Mentor teams on API design best practices and enterprise integration governance
Required Skills
16 to 20 yrs in integration architecture with strong focus on API Management
Deep knowledge and Handson expertise. Apigee and AWS API Gateway policies security lifecycle management
Strong understanding of overall integration landscape APIs events and messaging queues
Working knowledge of Manufacturing and Supply Chain domain integrations
Excellent communication skills and client interfacing skills
Solid AWS cloud architecture experience compute networking security
Experience with API security standards OAuth2 JWT mTLS and API governance frameworks
Strong stakeholder management and architecture documentation skills
Good to Have
Kong API Gateway experience
Exposure to Kafka AWS MSK AWS Flink SQS
Knowledge of Spring Boot microservices on AWS ECS
AWS Solutions Architect certification Apigee certification
Experience with B2B EDI integration tools
Certifications Required
Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional and at least one API management or Kafka related certification