Senior GCP & Apigee X Engineer

We are seeking a Senior GCP & Apigee X Engineer to join a specialized platform team building a secure enterprise-grade AI Gateway to serve Generative AI capabilities across the organization.

In this hands-on engineering role you will take ownership of design build and production-readiness across Apigee X and Google Cloud Platform. You will design API proxies and shared flows establish secure private connectivity to GCP Vertex AI automate platform infrastructure with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD and build robust telemetry to support FinOps token attribution and operational observability.

We are open to a Permanent or Contract option for this role. So please apply if you are looking for either. 

Qualifications :

1. Apigee X & AI Gateway Development

• Design build and maintain Apigee X API proxies shared flows XML policies JavaScript callouts API products and key-value configurations.
• Implement core gateway capabilities: OAuth 2.0/OIDC authentication token exchange model-based routing request/response transformations rate-limiting token quotas and fault handling.
• Translate consumer-facing payload contracts into provider-specific schemas for Generative AI models.

2. GCP Foundation & Secure Connectivity

• Build and manage GCP platform infrastructure supporting gateway paths: IAM Cloud KMS Secret Manager Cloud Run Cloud Logging and DNS.
• Implement private secure networking between Apigee X Vertex AI and enterprise networks using Private Service Connect (PSC) Internal Load Balancers (ILB) and Service Perimeters.
• Configure Workload Identity federated authentication (Entra ID/UAM) and least-privilege service-account mappings for machine-to-machine workloads.

3. Automation FinOps & Observability

• Automate platform delivery using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines for repeatable promotion across Dev Test and Production environments.
• Generate structured telemetry for request volumes latency error rates model quotas prompt token usage and guardrail enforcement.
• Support FinOps workflows by ensuring detailed usage data reconciles cleanly across consumer apps model providers and GCP billing exports.

4. Production Readiness & Operations

• Lead technical testing phases (SIT/UAT OAT penetration testing remediation performance validation and cutover execution).
• Produce comprehensive operational runbooks service-desk knowledge base articles and handover materials for steady-state BAU support.

Additional Information :

Essential:

• Apigee X Expertise: Strong hands-on experience designing engineering and operating Apigee X (or Apigee Edge) in enterprise environments.
• GCP Infrastructure & Security: Deep experience across GCP platform services (IAM Cloud KMS Secret Manager Cloud Run Cloud Logging) and cloud networking (VPC Private Service Connect ILB Private Service Access).
• Vertex AI Integration: Practical experience integrating Vertex AI or managed GCP ML services through secure enterprise platform paths.
• Identity & Security Protocols: Strong mastery of REST OpenAPI OAuth 2.0 OIDC JWT validation and federated identity integration.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep proficiency with Terraform and modern GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Desirable:

• Exposure to Apigee LLM policies (token quotas prompt limits model operation groups) or Google Cloud Model Armor / Cloud DLP.
• Experience with enterprise observability toolsets (Dynatrace ELK or Cortex XSIAM) or BigQuery log analytics.
• Familiarity with FinOps cost-allocation labeling billing exports or consumer-level chargeback models for AI workloads.
• Exposure to cross-cloud AI gateway patterns (e.g. AWS Bedrock AWS SigV4) or Model Context Protocol (MCP) / agentic AI frameworks.

Why NCS

This is a place for people who like to get stuck in bring ideas to life and make things happen. Youll work alongside experienced people who care about what they do contribute to meaningful work and have the support to keep learning and grow your career.  Whether you want to deepen your expertise explore something new or take your career in a different direction theres room to make it your own.  We value Adventure Excellence Integrity Ownership and Unity - bringing curiosity collaboration and accountability to the way we work with our clients and each other.

Ready to make extraordinary happen

Wed love to hear from you.

We celebrate diversity and inclusion

We value different perspectives experiences and strengths our people bring.  Were committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to contribute grow and succeed and to providing equal employment opportunities and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Important information

Applicants will need valid Australian work rights and may be required to undergo relevant background probity and police checks.

Agencies: NCS accepts candidate submissions only from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time