Job Description
Insight Global is seeking an Integration Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable integration and messaging platforms as part of a major AWS migration and modernization effort. This role focuses on API management, event-driven architecture, and messaging systems, enabling application teams through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native patterns while ensuring compliance with CJIS, COV, and FBI security standards. The pay range for this role is $50-$55/hr.
Key Responsibilities
• Build and operate integration platforms including API gateways, messaging systems, and event streaming services (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon MQ, MSK)
• Modernize legacy integrations into API-based and event-driven architectures
• Implement secure service-to-service communication (mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, Zero Trust)
• Manage containerized integration workloads across ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes
• Develop and maintain API lifecycle capabilities (routing, throttling, versioning, validation)
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and cross-region resilience
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Automate provisioning of integration components (queues, topics, APIs, IAM roles)
• Enable self-service integration capabilities for application teams
• Implement observability pipelines (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)
• Support SRE practices and platform reliability improvements
• Leverage automation and AI-driven insights to optimize performance and incident response
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Required Skills & Experience
• Experience operating messaging and integration platforms (Kafka, SQS, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Experience with API gateways and microservice communication patterns
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Experience with container platforms (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes)
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, and Zero Trust (mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC)
• Experience with observability in distributed systems
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (CJIS, NIST, PCI, etc.)
• Experience supporting application teams via integration or platform services
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Broad AWS services experience across networking, security, and integration tooling
• Experience migrating legacy middleware integrations to API/event-driven models
• Knowledge of schema registries, event versioning, and contract testing
• Experience with AWS Service Catalog, AFT, or similar provisioning tools
• Background in SRE, platform operations, or cluster management
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Kafka, Security+)
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.