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API Gateway Engineer

TechWish
Sterling, VA Temporary
POSTED ON 6/6/2026 CLOSED ON 6/12/2026

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API Gateway Engineer


Client Identity Credential Access Management team is seeking a multiple technical architects fluent in ICAM oriented solutions (Broadcom Layer 7, API Gateway, Azure, RadiantLogic etc.)



  • 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


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