- Join a high-performing, multidisciplinary team delivering a high-profile, nationally significant digital transformation initiative within a Federal Government workplace.
- Play a key role in building the core integration foundations and shaping a major digital capability from its inception, driving modern API standards across government and industry partners.

What's on Offer

- Contract/Engagement: Contract opportunity (initial project phase supporting an 18-to-24-month MVP delivery with a broader multi-year roadmap).
- Rate/Salary: Competitive Market Rate / Hourly Rate + Super
- Location & Flexibility: Canberra, ACT (Hybrid / Flexible working options available)

Role & Responsibilities

- Design, build, document, and support secure REST APIs to enable seamless information exchange across core enterprise platforms and external entities.
- Implement API standards, naming conventions, versioning, and technical documentation while establishing reusable integration patterns.
- Configure and manage API policies, throttling, logging, and monitoring using Azure API Management or equivalent gateway services.
- Ensure secure API access by implementing robust authentication and authorisation mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, certificates)



in collaboration with cyber security specialists.
- Partner closely with Integration Architects, developers, and testing teams to assist with consumer onboarding, defect resolution, and performance tuning.
- Drive delivery within an Agile framework to support MVP releases and ongoing roadmap iterations.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:

- Technical Toolkit: Azure API Management (or equivalent API gateway technology), REST APIs, .NET / C#, JSON, XML, OAuth, JWT, and certificate-based security patterns.
- Experience: Strong background in API design and enterprise integration, with demonstrated experience troubleshooting distributed systems and exposure to event-driven architectures or asynchronous messaging.
- Core Capabilities: Proven success navigating complex, highly regulated government environments and working collaboratively within Agile multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Eligibility & Clearance Requirements

- Security Clearance: Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 security clearance .

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 API Specialist (Canberra)
🏢 Aurec Group
📍 Canberra