Senior Security Engineer – Akamai & Edge Security Services

The Senior Security Engineer – Akamai & Edge Security Services designs, implements, administers, and optimizes security controls that protect enterprise web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services. This role provides senior technical expertise in Web Application Firewall (WAF), bot protection, DDoS mitigation, API security, DNS security, certificate management, and related edge security technologies. The position partners with application, cloud, infrastructure, network, and security teams to strengthen the enterprise digital perimeter, respond to security threats, troubleshoot complex issues, and continuously improve security controls and operational processes. The role participates in a rotating on-call schedule, approximately one week every six weeks, with occasional after-hours support for critical incidents and emergency changes.

Key Responsibilities:

Security Engineering & Administration

• Administer and optimize Akamai security technologies, including WAF, Bot Manager Premier, Adaptive Security Engine, Client Reputation, Account Protector, DDoS protections, and related security services.
• Administer Imperva Website Security capabilities, including security configuration, monitoring, data protection controls, and origin integrations.
• Design and maintain security controls protecting web applications, APIs, and other internet-facing services.

WAF, Bot & Threat Protection

• Configure and tune managed and custom WAF protections, rate limiting, IP and geographic controls, ACLs, API protections, and custom security rules.
• Develop and maintain bot mitigation controls using behavioral analysis, bot scoring, allowlists, denylists, and automated enforcement.
• Investigate and mitigate DDoS attacks, credential stuffing, account takeover attempts, scraping, and other application-layer threats.
• Analyze traffic, telemetry, and threat intelligence to improve protection while reducing false positives.

Monitoring & Incident Response

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