Senior Kong API Gateway Engineer — Hybrid, Enterprise APIs

Capgemini; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Total rewards package

Celebrate recognition portal

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Senior API Gateway Engineer specialized in Kong, to design, implement, and support enterprise-scale API gateway solutions. Based in Sydney, Melbourne, or Canberra, you will work with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable Kong-driven architectures across regulated environments.

You will lead hands-on engineering, architecture guidance, and collaboration with cloud, DevOps, and security teams to enable modernisation and long-term business value.

Qualifications

• 8+ years delivering enterprise integration platforms.
• 5+ years hands-on with API Gateway/API Management solutions, preferably Kong.
• Proven experience in large-scale, regulated enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway, API integrations, and Kong Konnect.
• Solid understanding of APIs, microservices, and API-led integration architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, Terraform, decK, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, networking, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience implementing API security controls including OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and mTLS.
• Proficiency with Linux and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, deployment, and adoption of Kong API Gateway solutions for enterprise customers.
• Facilitate technical workshops and provide architecture guidance across API, integration, security, and platform domains.
• Deliver hands-on engineering, configuration, and troubleshooting for Kong platform implementations.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, business stakeholders, and operations teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Define and promote best practices, governance standards, security controls, and reusable automation frameworks.
• Contribute to thought leadership through technical documentation, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Kong API Gateway

API Management

Kubernetes

Terraform

DevOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

API security

Tools

decK

Job description

Capgemini is seeking a Senior API Gateway Engineer specialized in Kong, to design, implement, and support enterprise-scale API gateway solutions. Based in Sydney, Melbourne, or Canberra, you will work with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable Kong-driven architectures across regulated environments.

You will lead hands-on engineering, architecture guidance, and collaboration with cloud, DevOps, and security teams to enable modernisation and long-term business value.