WAF Engineer(Web Application Firewall Engineer)_ (Akamai/F5)

Job Title: WAF Engineer(Web Application Firewall Engineer)_ (Akamai/F5)

Location: Charlotte, NC /onsite

Position type: Full time/Permanent role

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

•              Minimum 5 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