WAF Security Engineer - Akamai

8 - 12 years

7 - 10 Lacs

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We are looking for a skilled WAF Engineer with hands-on experience in Akamai Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help protect our mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience and be responsible for tuning, managing, and enhancing our Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) capabilities across cloud and on-premise environments.
Roles and Responsibility
  • Collaborate with Capability Leads to deliver Web Application and API Protection (WAAP), primarily using Akamai.
  • Review and act on WAF tuning requests in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Conduct in-depth log analysis to identify false positives and optimize WAF rules for accuracy and performance.
  • Develop, document, and maintain WAF policies, tuning procedures, and configurations.
  • Design, test, and recommend application-specific WAF policies and rule sets.
  • Implement anti-bypass protection for on-premise applications via Akamai.
  • Provide WAF configuration recommendations based on best practices and business security requirements.
  • Perform regular assessments and audits to ensure optimal security posture and compliance, delivering monthly/quarterly reviews to application owners demonstrating WAF effectiveness.
  • Stay current with the latest web security threats, vulnerabilities, and trends, evaluating, designing, and recommending new WAAP solutions to enhance protection capabilities.
  • Align WAAP policies across multi-infrastructure environments with capability lead and control owners.
Job Requirements
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in WAF engineering, preferably with Akamai.
  • Strong understanding of web application security principles and technologies.
  • Experience with log analysis and optimization techniques.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
  • Strong knowledge of security frameworks and standards.

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