What are the responsibilities and job description for the API Gateway Engineer(Layer 7) position at TechWish?
Client's Identity Credential Access Management team is seeking a multiple technical architects fluent in ICAM oriented solutions (Broadcom Layer 7, API Gateway, Azure, RadiantLogic etc.) for a contract position in Bethesda, MD(Hybrid).
- Minimum 8 years of experience in software engineering, API development, and distributed systems
- Minimum 5 years of experience in API design and development (RESTful APIs, microservices architecture)
- Strong hands-on experience with Layer 7 API Gateway (Broadcom CA Layer 7) including policy management, service configuration, and API publishing.
- Good understanding of API security mechanisms like OAuth2, JWT, API key validation, SSL/TLS.
- Experience in creating and managing API proxies, rate limiting, throttling, and routing policies.
- Knowledge of troubleshooting, debugging API requests/responses using Layer 7 logs and tools.
- Familiarity with Security domain concepts such as SAML, OAUTH, OIDC, LDAP, SSO, ADFS, and Federation flow
- Large enterprise environment experience
- Hands-on experience with API management, versioning, security (OAuth2, JWT), and governance
- Experience with Agile SDLC, backlog management, and working with product owners
- Strong understanding of system integration patterns and ground-to-cloud connectivity
- Experience in debugging, testing, and production support of enterprise applications
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across business and technical teams
- Experience in API platform strategy and enterprise-wide governance
- Exposure to multi-region and multi-cloud architectures
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK)
Roles & Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, and support the Layer 7 API Gateway platform across environments.
- Collaborate with middleware and application teams to enable secure and scalable API integrations.
- Maintain API documentation, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
- Proactively monitor API traffic and incidents, ensuring high availability and quick RCA/resolution.
Required Skills :
- 5 years of experience in security engineering or related roles.
- Deep knowledge of Layer 7 API Gateway.
- Expertise in security standards including HTTP, TLS, REST, SOAP, Cookie Handling, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WS-Trust.
- Experience with distributed computing and multi-threaded architectures.
- CA API Gateway (formerly Layer 7): Intermediate
- Cloud Networking: Intermediate
- MS Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Intermediate
- OAuth: Advanced
- Identity & Access Management (IAM): Advanced
- Open ID Connect: Advanced
Regards,
Nagendra Karn