Lead Kong API Management Consultant

Join Capgemini's Enterprise Integration Practice as a Senior API Gateway Engineer, leading the design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise-scale API management solutions built on the Kong platform. Based in Sydney, Melbourne, or Canberra, you will play a key role in shaping modern integration landscapes for some of Australia's largest and most complex organisations, working across both greenfield and transformation programs.

As a trusted technical leader, you will advise customers throughout their API and integration journey, from strategy and architecture through to implementation, deployment, and operational excellence. Leveraging your deep expertise in Kong, you will help establish scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms while influencing best practices, governance standards, and long-term technology roadmaps.

This is an opportunity to work on high-profile projects, including Australian Government and other regulated environments, alongside talented architects, engineers, and business leaders. You will bring thought leadership to our customers, define what great enterprise API platforms look like, and help drive innovation across the broader integration and digital ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Australian Citizen with an active AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (or higher) and the ability to meet all client security and compliance requirements.
• 8+ years' experience delivering enterprise integration, API management, or middleware solutions within complex enterprise environments.
• 5+ years' hands-on experience with API Gateway and API Management platforms, including deep expertise with Kong Gateway and Kong Konnect.Proven track record designing and delivering API and integration platforms in large-scale, regulated, or mission-critical environments.
• Strong expertise in API architecture, microservices, service mesh, and API-led integration patterns.
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, Terraform, decK, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and platform engineering practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Linux, networking, and public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise security controls, including OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, and API security best practices.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to stakeholders ranging from engineers and architects through to senior executives.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with experience influencing outcomes across complex organisations.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and leading technical outcomes across multidisciplinary teams.
• Desirable: Cloud/Kubernetes certifications, software development experience (Java, Python, or Lua), and experience within Government, Financial Services, or other highly regulated sectors.

What you’ll love about working here

• You will be a part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts. You will love the exposure to the scale of transformation, the depth of expertise, and the opportunities for career growth.
• We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people.
• At the heart of our mission is your career growth. You will have countless learning and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
• We realise a Total Reward package should be more than just compensation. We offer a range of core and flexible benefits and have a Peer Recognition Portal called ‘Celebrate’.
• We don’t just believe in inclusion we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and ‘Inclusive future for all’ campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.