API Gateway Lead Engineer: Security, K8s & CI/CD

Carecone Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Carecone Group is seeking an experienced API Gateway specialist to join our Sydney team. You will own API onboarding, security reviews, and production deployments across platforms such as Apigee or equivalent.

You will manage OAuth2/JWT/API Keys, TLS/mTLS, and certificate management, provide production support, troubleshoot onboarding issues, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to minimize customer impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of API Gateway / API Management experience.
• Experience onboarding APIs: requirements gathering, testing, security reviews, production deployments.
• Security expertise: OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, TLS/mTLS, certificate management.
• Production support experience for API gateways; troubleshoot onboarding issues, authentication, certificates, and incidents.
• Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancers, SSL/TLS troubleshooting.
• Linux/RHEL administration in production environments.
• Exposure to Kubernetes/OpenShift and containerized platforms.
• Experience with Ansible and CI/CD tools (GitLab preferred).
• Familiarity with controlled change management and release processes.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and customer engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Own API onboarding and platform deployments across API gateway platforms.
• Perform security reviews and ensure compliance with OAuth2/JWT and TLS/mTLS standards.
• Provide production support and troubleshoot API onboarding issues and incidents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on backend integrations and customer impact.
• Maintain networking and containerized platform health (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Contribute to release management and controlled change processes.

Skills

API Gateway

API Management

Onboarding APIs

OAuth2/JWT

TLS/mTLS

Certificate management

Production support

Networking fundamentals

Linux/RHEL

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Ansible

CI/CD (GitLab)

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Apigee

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Ansible

GitLab

Job description

Carecone Group is seeking an experienced API Gateway specialist to join our Sydney team. You will own API onboarding, security reviews, and production deployments across platforms such as Apigee or equivalent.

You will manage OAuth2/JWT/API Keys, TLS/mTLS, and certificate management, provide production support, troubleshoot onboarding issues, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to minimize customer impact.