DevOps Engineer - EKS, Kubernetes, API Gateway

About the role

A leading financial institute based in Sydney CBD is looking for an experienced DevOps engineer with expert EKS experience to join a strategic, enterprise-scale cloud platform. You will play a key role in operating and continuously improving the bank's Kubernetes-based gateway platform, helping modernise it as the organisation moves away from legacy reverse proxy technologies toward its cloud-native gateway architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Enhance cloud and containerised environments and support the delivery and operation of applications across Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Manage and optimise Kubernetes-based gateway technologies, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implement GitOps for EKS and design custom Kubernetes operators.
• Troubleshoot complex platform, Kubernetes and application deployment issues.
• Drive automation and promote self-service capabilities for development teams.
• Contribute to platform reliability, observability and operational excellence.
• Assist with the migration from legacy reverse proxy infrastructure to the bank's gateway platform.

Required profile

• Expert DevOps experience with EKS running gateways.
• Strong understanding of web and API technologies, including REST, HTTP and certificate management, and API gateway concepts.
• Experience supporting API or service gateway platforms.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and containerised applications.

Required skills

• Practical experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, S3) and GCP (Compute, GKE).
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes administration and operations.
• Experience with Gloo Gateway or similar API gateway technologies.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Experience building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines.