Business Development Executive

Job Summary

An experienced Kong Admin Support Engineer is required to manage administration, support, and enhancement of the Kong API Gateway platform. The role involves handling custom plugin development, portal customization, troubleshooting, and ensuring secure and scalable API management in a production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 administration and support for Kong API Gateway.
• Manage installation, configuration, upgrades, and performance tuning of Kong components.
• Develop and maintain custom Kong plugins based on business requirements.
• Customize and enhance the Developer Portal including UI, workflows, and integrations.
• Monitor API traffic, logs, and gateway health; resolve incidents and performance issues.
• Implement security policies such as authentication, rate limiting, and access control.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams for deployments and releases.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
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Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Kong administration/support.
• Strong experience in custom plugin development using Lua or relevant technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Kong Developer Portal customization and management.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Employee Relations (ER) Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will focus on fostering and maintaining positive relationships between employees and the organization to ensure a harmonious and productive workplace environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with employees at all levels to promote trust and open communication.
• Address and resolve employee concerns or grievances in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaborate with HR and management teams to implement policies and practices that support a positive workplace culture.
• Conduct investigations into employee complaints, ensuring fairness, confidentiality, and compliance with company policies.
• Provide guidance and support on employee engagement, performance management, and conflict resolution.
• Work closely with leadership to ensure alignment of ER practices with organizational goals.
• Contribute to creating a safe, inclusive, and motivating environment where employees feel valued and supported.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in Employee Relations or HR roles.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of labor laws and regulations.
• Ability to manage sensitive situations with discretion and professionalism.

This role plays a vital part in creating a satisfied workforce, ultimately leading to improved business outcomes.

• PHP / Laravel developer duties and responsibilities

• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms

• Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

• Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications

• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

• In depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework

• Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design

• MySQL profiling and query optimization

Core areas of work:

• Creating product inspiration pieces and demos for the ad products we develop
• Design, update and manage the website together with the design team
• Support Product Marketing with timely and effective marketing collaterals
• Drive the internal brand agenda for employees, brand and business
• Design for social media.
• Design presentation decks for Sales and Marketing

You are the one, if:

• You are attentive to details and an extra space ticks you off.
• You value time
• You are good at expressing your thoughts, be it in any form - written, verbal or visual.
• A good challenge exites and motivates you.
• You have some understanding of the digital advertising/marketing ecosystem. If not, you are someone who is keen to learn.
• You can independently handle projects and take them from concept to execution.
• You are passionate about something outside of work.
• You have realised that I misspelt 'excites' in point no. 4