Web Application Firewall Engineer

Role Overview

• Primary Focus:

  Support, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise WAF products.

• WAF Products Mentioned:

• Akamai Kona
• F5 ASM/AWAF
• Salt API Protection

• Potential Expansion:

  Responsibility for other network security technologies such as:
• Network Access Control (NAC)
• Firewalls

Required Experience & Knowledge

• Experience:

  Minimum 5 years with enterprise WAF products.

• Technical Skills:

• Troubleshooting using: packet captures, CLI commands, understanding network protocols.
• TCP/IP Layer 7 / application layer security fundamentals.
• Application log analysis and collaboration with developers for secure coding.

• Scripting/Coding (Bonus):

  Python or PowerShell for automation.

Education & Communication

• Education:

  Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field.

• Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to interact across organizational levels and understand business requirements.
• Strong customer/client focus.

• Other:

  Flexible work schedule; on-call for incident response.