Web Application Firewall Engineer (Akamai/F5)

Responsibilities

• Operations, monitoring, and day-to-day troubleshooting for web application firewalls (F5 and Akamai) across the enterprise.
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting for supported technologies.
• Perform architecture and engineering responsibilities in support of existing technologies and new security projects.
• Perform regular health checks and user activity audits.
• Author and vigilantly maintain documents related to the design, purpose, operation, and management of security applications.
• Support security infrastructure and security projects, with potential to take on responsibilities for other network security technologies such as Network Access Control and Firewall.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of knowledge and experience with deployment and maintenance of enterprise web application firewall products: Akamai Kona, F5 ASM/AWAF, Salt API Protection.
• Good working knowledge of troubleshooting techniques: performing and analyzing the results of packet captures, CLI commands, and familiarity with network protocols.
• Understanding of application layer (TCP/IP Layer 7) security fundamentals.
• Ability to analyze application logs and work with developers to ensure secure coding practices are in use.
• Bachelor's degree in information systems or a relevant field of study.
• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written) and ability to interact with personnel at all levels across the organization.
• Strong customer/client focus with the ability to manage expectations, provide superior customer experience, and build long-term relationships.
• Willingness to have a flexible work schedule and be on call for incident resolution.

Skills

• Coding/Scripting experience such as Python or PowerShell to automate tasks (bonus).

Pay

$70,000 - $95,000