Senior WAF​/CDN Security Architect; Remote

Benefits:

• Remote
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement

Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect
Remote
(On-call support and occasional off-hour maintenance activities required)
Full-Time / Contract

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect to support enterprise-scale application onboarding, edge security implementation, and CDN operations.

This role requires a strong technical leader who can independently drive discussions with Akamai vendors, application teams, and security stakeholders from day one. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Akamai WAF/CDN technologies, application delivery, internet-facing architectures, and production troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

* Lead onboarding and migration of applications onto Akamai CDN and WAF platforms.

* Configure, maintain, and support Akamai edge security and content delivery services.

* Implement and tune WAF policies, security controls, caching rules, and traffic management configurations.

* Work closely with application, network, cloud, and security teams to ensure secure and optimized application delivery.

* Troubleshoot complex Layer 1–7 issues involving DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN behavior, caching, and origin connectivity.

* Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and operational escalations.

* Participate in on-call rotation and support maintenance activities during off-hour change windows.

* Develop technical documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and audit artifacts.

* Collaborate with vendors and internal stakeholders on application onboarding and security initiatives.

* Support security assessments, audits, remediation activities, and compliance requirements.

* Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.

Required Skills

* 10+ years of overall IT infrastructure/network/security experience.

* 5+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai CDN and WAF technologies in enterprise environments.

* Strong expertise with:

* Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD)

* Akamai CDN

* Edge DNS

* Property Manager

* Bot Manager

* TLS/Certificate Management

* Strong understanding of:

* HTTP/HTTPS

* TLS/SSL

* DNS

* TCP/IP

* CDN caching

* Load balancing

* Web application security

* Experience with OWASP Top 10 mitigation and WAF tuning.

* Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.

* Familiarity with enterprise ADC/load balancer technologies such as F5, AVI, Citrix ADC, A10, or Cloudflare.

* Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

* Experience working directly with vendors and driving technical discussions independently.

Preferred Qualifications

* Akamai certifications preferred.

* Experience with automation/scripting using Python, Shell, Terraform, or APIs.

* Experience with SIEM integrations, Dev Sec Ops , and Infrastructure-as-Code.

* Prior experience supporting large-scale internet-facing enterprise applications.

This is a remote position.