API Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type: On-site
Location: Scott Afb, IL
Salary: $86,800–$198,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Closes: Aug 31, 2026

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Below market

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This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $135,000–$198,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $167k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 375 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · API Engineer

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As an API Platform Engineer at our company, you will join a dynamic and innovative team to design and develop enterprise-scale API platforms that ensure secure and high-performance integration across critical applications. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating closely with clients, architects, developers, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions for modern digital transformation initiatives. You will leverage your expertise in backend engineering, cloud-native API gateways like Apigee or Kong, and DevOps practices including Docker, Kubernetes, and GitOps workflows. Proficiency in Java or Python, as well as experience with protocols such as HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket, is essential for building robust and reliable APIs at scale. Additionally, you should have a solid understanding of API security, caching, load balancing, and be familiar with collaboration tools like Jenkins and JIRA. This role requires a Secret clearance and a high school diploma or GED, with additional certifications in cybersecurity being beneficial.

Skills

Java Python Apigee Gravitee Kong AWS API Gateway Mulesoft Docker Helm Kubernetes GitOps HTTP gRPC WebSockets Jenkins JIRA Confluence Bitbucket SQL Node.js Groovy Scala Spring Cloud Spring Core Spring Boot Spring Data Kafka RabbitMQ

What you'll do

Design and develop enterprise-scale API platforms for secure, reliable integration.
Operate cloud-native API gateways to ensure real-time, low-latency performance.
Implement DevOps practices and Kubernetes-based deployments for scalable solutions.
Collaborate with architects and developers to deliver modern digital transformation initiatives.
Gather requirements and engage with clients to understand their API needs.

What we're looking for

Experience in backend engineering and API design for distributed systems.
Proficiency in Java or Python for software development.
Expertise in deploying and operating cloud-native API gateways at scale.
Knowledge of DevOps practices, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and GitOps workflows.
Understanding of HTTP, gRPC, WebSockets, caching, load balancing, and API security.
Secret clearance required.
HS diploma or GED.

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