Pay Rate Range: $ 50.00 - 51.47/hr on W2



Job Title: Consultant | Energy Upstream | Upstream – Kong Technical Lead/Kong Product Owner

Work Location & Reporting Address: Chicago, IL 60606 (Onsite-Hybrid. Will consider candidates willing to relocate to client's location)

Contract duration: 6

Target Start Date: 10 May 2026

Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes



Must Have Skills:

Strong understanding of Kong Gateway (OSS/Enterprise), plugins, routing, and API security.

Experience in Agile delivery and Product Owner responsibilities.

Knowledge of authentication (OAuth2, JWT), rate limiting*** logging, and observability.



Detailed Job Description:

Need someone to carve out scope and requirement, define SLA, come up with own id...