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Sr Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Destinations LLCUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Thrive in this remote role as you become the technical owner of Cloudflare's security platform, gaining deep expertise in WAF, DDoS, and more. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced security engineers to directly shape and protect critical applications for a growing company. Don't miss out on the chance to elevate your cloud security career!

Quick Overview

Work Type
Remote
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Position: Sr Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Remote

Hiring Mode: 6 Months Contract

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to serve as the technical owner for our Cloudflare security platform, including:

  • Cloudflare WAF
  • Secure DNS
  • DDoS Protection
  • Bot Management
  • Rate Limiting
  • SSL/TLS and Certificate Management
  • Application Onboarding

MUST HAVE

Candidates should possess several of the following:

Cloudflare Experience (Most Important)

Hands-on administration of Cloudflare Enterprise

  • Cloudflare WAF
  • Cloudflare DNS
  • DNS migrations and DNS cutovers
  • Cloudflare DDoS controls
  • Bot Management
  • Rate Limiting
  • Zone onboarding

We want engineers who have actually:

  • onboarded applications
  • created WAF policies
  • tuned WAF rules
  • handled false positives
  • performed DNS migrations
  • worked directly in the Cloudflare console
  • WAF Experience

Minimum Requirements:

  • 5+ years administering Web Application Firewalls Acceptable platforms include:
  • Cloudflare - MOST IMPORTANT
  • Imperva
  • F5
  • Akamai
  • Fortinet
  • Azure WAF
  • Technical Background

Strong understanding of:

  • HTTPS
  • TLS / SSL
  • DNS
  • OWASP Top 10
  • Reverse proxies
  • Web Applications
  • API Security Must be able to troubleshoot:
  • SQL Injection
  • XSS
  • Bot activity
  • False positives
  • Application onboarding issues

Preferred Qualifications

Strong preference for:

  • Terraform
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • CI/CD integration
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Azure
  • AWS

Skills

SQL
AWS
OWASP
Azure
Cloudflare
DNS
HTTPS
Terraform
WAF

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