Gateway Automation Engineer

Overview

Acuity, Inc. seeks a Gateway Automation Engineer to support product-specific automation for a large federal Enterprise API Gateway environment. This role develops, validates, documents, and maintains API gateway automation components that integrate with approved CI/CD pipelines, configuration repositories, gateway platforms, validation gates, and controlled release processes. 

The Gateway Automation Engineer helps strengthen repeatable gateway configuration, deployment support, governance validation, migration readiness, and operational consistency across the current IBM webMethods baseline, centralized onboarding model, and future approved target gateway platforms. This role works within approved gateway, CI/CD, security, identity, observability, and release processes to deliver tested and documented automation outcomes. 

Why Acuity?

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate product-specific API gateway automation components for onboarding, configuration, deployment support, migration readiness, and operational sustainment 
• Build reusable scripts, templates, configuration-as-code artifacts, Git-based patterns, and gateway configuration packages 
• Support automation for gateway routes, services, policies, certificates, consumers, plugins, authentication, authorization, logging, telemetry, and environment promotion patterns 
• Integrate gateway automation components with approved CI/CD pipelines, including environments with existing manual deployment steps 
• Implement automated validation checks for API specifications, gateway configuration, governance rules, Zero Trust controls, telemetry, and migration readiness 
• Support automation touchpoints for developer portal workflows, API catalog updates, API documentation, access request routing, and self-service onboarding 
• Troubleshoot automation, gateway configuration, pipeline integration, validation, promotion, and deployment-support issues across non-production and production environments 
• Support technical refresh, platform currency, and target-platform readiness activities through controlled automation updates and validation evidence 
• Prepare automation documentation, configuration baselines, validation evidence, runbooks, release materials, and knowledge-transfer artifacts 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience 
• 5+ years of experience developing automation, integration, API lifecycle, platform, middleware, or enterprise workflow solutions 
• Experience developing product-specific automation for enterprise API gateway platforms such as IBM webMethods API Gateway, Kong, Google Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Microsoft Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, Red Hat 3scale, Axway Amplify, WSO2 API Manager, Tyk, or comparable platforms 
• Experience developing scripts, templates, configuration-as-code artifacts, Git-based workflows, reusable deployment patterns, or gateway configuration packages 
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines, validation gates, controlled release processes, logging, monitoring, and access controls 
• Experience configuring or automating gateway routes, services, policies, certificates, consumers, plugins, authentication, authorization, telemetry, and environment promotion patterns 
• Experience supporting API onboarding, developer portal workflows, API catalog updates, API documentation, governance checks, or migration-readiness workflows 
• Experience validating automation through functional, regression, security, telemetry, and operational readiness checks 
• Experience troubleshooting automation, gateway configuration, pipeline integration, deployment-support, or observability issues across legacy and target gateway environments 
• Strong written communication skills for automation documentation, validation evidence, runbooks, release materials, and knowledge transfer 

Clearance Requirement 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain U.S. federal suitability 

About Acuity

At Acuity, your work matters—and so does your experience. We’re a management and technology consulting firm supporting critical federal missions, where you’ll have the opportunity to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside high-performing teams, and make a real impact from day one.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

Grow Your Career, Your WayWe invest in you with personalized development plans, mentorship, and up to $3,000 annually for training and certifications and up to $3,000 for degree seeking programs—so you can keep building the career you want.

Be Part of Something InnovativeYou’ll work on cutting-edge solutions that support important government missions, in an environment that encourages new ideas and continuous improvement.

Thrive in a People-First CultureCollaboration, respect, and support aren’t just values—they’re how we operate. Your voice is heard, your contributions are recognized, and your success is shared.

Feel Valued and RewardedWe offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a strong focus on work-life balance so you can perform at your best—at work and at home.

Join an Award-Winning TeamOur employees consistently rank us among the best—earning honors like Best Places to Work (Washington Business Journal, 9+ years) and Top Workplaces (The Washington Post, 2022–2025).

Bring Your Whole Self to WorkWe’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Make Your Impact

Join Acuity and be part of a team where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work drives meaningful outcomes.

Learn more: www.myacuity.com

Acuity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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