Jobs → Engineering → Kong API Gateway Engineer

About the Role We are looking for an experienced Kong Developer / Kong API Gateway Engineer for a 6-month contract in Sydney. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Kong Enterprise, API gateway engineering, API security, custom plugin development, and cloud-native deployments. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, configure, and maintain Kong Enterprise API Gateway solutions • Implement Kong hybrid deployments across AWS, EKS, and Kubernetes environments • Develop custom Kong plugins using Lua, including API security, mTLS termination, and observability capabilities • Implement secure authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, Microsoft Entra ID, and Ping Identity • Configure API traffic management, rate limiting, scalability, and high availability • Automate infrastructure and gateway configurations using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Develop automation scripts and integration components using Lua, Python, and Bash • Implement fine-grained, policy-based authorisation using OPA/OPAL • Integrate Kong with cloud platforms, identity providers, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps toolchains • Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve platform reliability, security, and observability • Collaborate with application, cloud, security, IAM, and DevOps teams Requirements • Strong hands-on experience with Kong Enterprise / Kong API Gateway • Kong configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and custom plugin development • Lua programming and RESTful API design • OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, authentication, and authorisation • AWS, Kubernetes, and AWS EKS • Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and DevOps practices • Python and Bash scripting • API security, observability, production support, and incident management