WAF Security Specialist-Citrix Netscaler and Imperva

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience in Managing both on-prem and cloud-based WAF deployments: Citrix NetScaler: Oversee 4 SDX appliances and 11 VPX instances (3 cloud + 8 on-prem), supporting ~1500 internet-facing applications.
•  Imperva WAF: Manage gateway appliances and virtual deployments, ensuring high availability, low latency, and SSL acceleration 
• Configure and maintain WAF policies, signatures, and profiles.
• Apply Web App Firewall protection to VPN, authentication, and portal endpoints in NetScaler environments 
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and vendor best practices 
• Handle 3–4 change requests and 10–12 troubleshooting tasks weekly for WAF platforms 
• Support L3-level incident response and RCA for WAF-related alerts and anomalies 
• Collaborate with SOC and SIEM teams to correlate WAF logs with broader threat detection workflows 
• Monitor WAF performance metrics such as latency, throughput, and SSL/TLS transaction rates 
• Tune policies to reduce false positives and ensure minimal impact on application performance.
• Implement fault-tolerant configurations with hot-swappable components and high-availability clustering 
• Participate in governance forums and SLA reviews to report on WAF posture and incident metrics 
• Ensure WAF configurations align with compliance frameworks and audit requirements.
• Contribute to CXO dashboards and Power BI reporting for perimeter security 
• Act as a domain-specific SME within the broader CDC team, collaborating with DLP, EDR, and Cloud Security SMEs 
• Support cross-skilling initiatives to reduce dependency and improve operational resilience.
  

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