WAF Engineer

Job Description

Role involving deployment and maintenance of enterprise web application firewall products, with responsibilities spanning security infrastructure support and participation in security projects.

• Operations and 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.

• Minimum 5 years knowledge and experience with deployment and maintenance of enterprise web application firewall products:
  Akamai Kona, F5 ASM/AWAF, Salt API Protection.
• Primary responsibility is support of security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other network security technologies such as Network Access Control, Firewall, etc.
• Must have good working knowledge of troubleshooting techniques: performing and analyzing the results of packet captures, CLI commands, familiarity with network protocols.
• Understand 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 relevant field of study.

• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written) are required.
• Ability to interact with personnel at all levels across the organization and to comprehend business imperatives.
• A strong customer/client focus with ability to manage expectations appropriately and provide superior customer/client experience and build long-term relationships.
• Willing to have a flexible work schedule and be on call for incident resolution.
• Coding/Scripting experience such as Python or Power Shell to automate tasks is a bonus.

Salary Range: $80,000 to $105,000 per year