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Syncreon Consulting

Security Engineer with Akamai WAF

Syncreon Consulting New York, New York, United States

Truck Transportation · 10,001+ employees

3 h ago
security Senior (5-10 yrs) Contractor United States
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About the role

The Security Engineer will lead enterprise application onboarding and migration to Akamai WAF while performing policy tuning and security event monitoring. They will also support AI/LLM and API security initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance web application security.

What they look for

Akamai WAF Kona Site Defender Bot Manager API Security OWASP Top 10 Policy Tuning False-positive Analysis Security Event Monitoring Incident Response DNS Load Balancers Reverse Proxies Firewalls SSL/TLS HTTP/HTTPS

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai Web Application Security, including Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, and API Security. A strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 risks and experience in incident response and troubleshooting are required.

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Company Description

We provide Recruitment and Staffing services to many industries and domain through our innovative and customized solutions and passionate commitment to research. Ability to understand the hiring strategies, availability of talent and compensation benchmarking makes us proud hiring partner for various industries. We work as trusted business partners and always strive to deliver the most value and highest return on investment for our clients. We are highly trained business professionals with strong understanding of clients need. We work closely with the leading staffing trade associations, training, and research organizations to ensure we are knowledgeable of the latest industry trends and technologies.

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Akamai WAF Security Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing, managing, and optimizing Akamai Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions. The ideal candidate will lead enterprise application onboarding and migration to Akamai WAF, perform WAF policy tuning, support AI/LLM and API security initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance web application security across the organization.

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai Web Application Security.
  • Strong experience with Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD).
  • Experience with Akamai Bot Manager.
  • Experience with Akamai API Security.
  • Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 web application security risks.
  • Experience in WAF policy tuning, false-positive analysis, and security event monitoring.
  • Experience responding to production security incidents and troubleshooting WAF-related issues.
  • Knowledge of DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies, Firewalls, SSL/TLS, and HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Regards,

Mohammed ilyas,

PH - 229-264-4024 or Text - 229-469-1455 or you can share the updated resume at Mohammed@vtekis. com

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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