Web Application Firewall Engineer (Akamai/F5)

Role: Developer

Required Skills: WAF Admin

Qualification: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Experience: 6 - 9 Years

Function: TECHNOLOGY

Apply By: 2026-10-30

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

• Minimum 8 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 our 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 PowerShell to automate tasks is a bonus.

Roles & Responsibilities

• 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

Salary: $65,000 - $125,000