_{07th July, 2026}

About the Role 
The position focuses on advanced authentication flows, federation and integration, ensuring modern authentication standards are effectively implemented. It also involves contributing to engineering standards and supporting operational security uplift.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Implement advanced Keycloak configurations across OIDC, OAuth2, SAML and SSO
• Design and build Keycloak patterns for distributed and multi environment deployments
• Implement federation and integration with identity sources such as LDAP
• Configure token and claims mapping aligned to application requirements
• Implement strong authentication mechanisms including MFA and certificate based authentication
• Contribute to configuration as code practices for versioning and promotion of environments
• Perform peer reviews and uplift engineering standards
• Support defect triage across authentication flows and integrations
• Deliver operational hardening including secure configuration, logging, auditing and backup testing

Skills/Experience

• 5 to 8 years experience in IAM or security engineering roles
• 3 plus years hands on experience with Keycloak
• Strong experience implementing OIDC, OAuth2 and or SAML based SSO integrations
• Strong troubleshooting capability across authentication flows, tokens and federation
• Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience
• Strong technical capability with ability to work with some supervision
• Current Australian Government Baseline security clearance

Desirable Skills 

• NV1 security clearance or willingness to obtain NV2
• Experience with LDAP federation and identity brokering
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift and Helm
• Experience with CI CD pipelines, Git and GitOps practices
• Knowledge of certificate based authentication and mutual TLS
• Experience with logging, monitoring and secure configuration management
• Strong collaboration skills within agile delivery environments

WHO WE ARE 
Kirra Services is a leading provider of IT services and recruitment personnel, headquartered in Canberra, ACT. Award-winning winners of the Seek SARA 2025 Small Recruitment Company of the Year, we partner closely with a range of Federal Government agencies and are continuously seeking talented professionals to join our growing team.  
 
Kirra Services is proudly SupplyNation Certified and majority Indigenous-owned. We are committed to creating opportunities for all Australians and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply for all roles. 
 

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