Akamai Engineer

Akamai Engineer / SME

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Role Overview:

Akamai Engineer / SME (Subject Matter Expert)

Scope of Work:

• Work as an integral part of the global Network Security team, collaborating closely with the WAF team.
• Work with and guide global tech functions to migrate the global suite of hosted applications to WAF.
• Map IP addresses / FQDNs to services and applications (Business Analyst function).
• Liaise with service owners and/or associated teams to gather relevant application data for WAF migration purposes (Business Analyst function).
• Analyze web behavior and performance to establish acceptable application thresholds (SME function).
• Perform policy tuning in accordance with performance baselining (SME function).
• Transition WAF from transparent to enforcement mode (SME function).
• Conduct data cleansing and validation.
• Review WAF Logs and implement the best Akamai defense tools.
• Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for Akamai solutions.

Skills / Experience Required:

• Web network security / WAF SME

  with the ability to be hands-on.
• Strong experience in

  WAF Akamai onboarding, CDN configurations, and implementing Akamai defense tooling.

• Ideally, experience with

  Akamai Kona or Kona Site Defender

  , etc.
• Proven

  SME consultative person

  with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in onboarding web services into WAF (Akamai) platforms in monitoring / transparent mode (SME function).
• Proficiency in finding vulnerabilities in WAF logs.
• Ability to implement best web security practices.