Job Title: Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway Administrator
Overview / Summary We are seeking a Mid-Level Broadcom Layer7 Administrator to join our API Management team. In this role, you will maintain, optimize, and support Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway appliances hosted in a private-cloud data center. You will work across infrastructure operations and application support by proactively monitoring traffic, diagnosing runtime issues, and implementing fixes within the Layer7 platform.
Key Responsibilities - Administer, patch, and upgrade Broadcom Layer7 virtual and hardware appliances to maintain high availability within the private cloud.
- Troubleshoot API runtime failures using the Layer7 Policy Manager debugger and deploy policy fixes to resolve production defects.
- Monitor API performance using Datadog, configure alerts, analyze transaction logs, and build dashboards for gateway infrastructure.
- Participate in a structured on-call rotation to provide after-hours support and incident response for critical gateway outages.
- Modify and migrate API routing policies, assertions, and variables across environments using the Gateway Migration Utility (GMU).
- Monitor Layer7 MySQL (SSG) database replication, manage log rotations, and verify health across clustered gateway nodes.
- Maintain SSL/TLS certificates, trust stores, private keys, and mTLS profiles.
Required Qualifications - 4 years of hands-on experience administering Broadcom Layer7 API Gateways.
- Experience configuring Datadog agents, analyzing logs, and using Datadog APM and dashboards to identify performance bottlenecks.
- Proven experience using Layer7 Policy Manager to debug and refactor XML-based policy logic and assertions.
- Strong knowledge of Linux CLI and network diagnostic tools, including tcpdump, curl, and netstat.
- Proficiency with HTTP/S status codes, REST and SOAP web services, and payload manipulation using JSON, XML, and Regular Expressions.
- Practical experience writing basic SQL queries and validating health and replication on MySQL/SSG databases.
- Understanding of troubleshooting OAuth2, JWT, SAML, and Mutual TLS (mTLS) handshakes.
- Ability to think critically and solve problems during high-priority production incidents.
- Experience documenting root-cause analyses (RCAs) and updating standard operating procedures.
- Ability to collaborate with application developers, network engineers, and system administrators to resolve integration issues.
