Job Description

We are seeking an experienced API / GCP Platform Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, API management, and up-to-date developer platforms.

You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust platform foundations on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while enabling seamless, secure API connectivity across enterprise systems. This position is ideal for an engineer who excels at bridging infrastructure automation with developer experience—ensuring our cloud environments are secure, scalable, and easy for application teams to build upon.

What You’ll Be Doing

- GCP Platform Engineering: Design, build, and maintain core landing zones, infrastructure, and platform services within Google Cloud Platform using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

- API Gateway & Governance: Implement and manage enterprise API gateways, routing patterns, and security policies (e.g., Apigee, GCP API Gateway)



to enable secure integration across microservices and external systems.

- Automation & CI/CD: Architect and manage robust CI/CD deployment pipelines, automated testing, and release workflows for both platform infrastructure and API proxies.

- Developer Enablement: Create clear patterns, service templates, and "as-a-service" capabilities that simplify cloud adoption for software engineering teams.

- Security & Observability: Implement end-to-end monitoring, logging, and security controls across GCP environments and API layers, ensuring alignment with enterprise governance and compliance frameworks.

- Performance Optimization: Diagnose root causes of complex system bottlenecks, optimize API latency, and ensure high availability across multi-region cloud environments.

📌 API/GCP Platform Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 NCS Australia
📍 Sydney