Senior WAF Engineer

Job Summary

The mission of the Senior WAF Engineer is to leverage their strong understanding of enterprise-level and expert knowledge to mitigate cybersecurity risks. This individual will actively collaborate with CLIENT’s business units, Digital & Technology teams, and partner organizations (Compliance, Risk Management, Audit, and Legal) to seamlessly integrate security processes, tools, and personnel into the business culture. This integration aims to create a holistic security ecosystem that supports continuous improvements and provides seamless protection and monitoring capabilities globally.

The role involves providing operational support and executing complex initiatives to drive problem resolution. As a senior team member, the individual will contribute to a progressive development team with an agile mindset, focusing on iterative problem-solving.

• Serve as a customer-facing point of contact for the global WAF team.
• Coordinate the implementation of WAF infrastructure with CLIENT’s application teams.
• Deploy CLIENT’s WAF standardized rulesets.
• Work with CLIENT’s application teams to troubleshoot WAF rulesets and their interactions with applications.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain cloud-native web application firewalls.
• Create implementation plans for team and customer efforts.
• Develop WAF product documentation for internal use.
• Provision WAF monitoring and reporting components on a per-application basis.
• Lead by example and model behaviors consistent with the company's values.
• Independently respond to ITSM requests, incidents, and other company communications such as email, messaging apps, and notifications.

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a related field, plus a minimum of 3 years of related work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience (equivalent work experience = 2 years of related experience for every year of higher-level education).
• Industry-related certifications preferred, such as CCSP, CCSS, or cloud-specific certifications.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud-based WAF in Imperva, Akamai (current version, not just Kona), AWS, and/or Clienture.
• Experience writing and reviewing business, user, and non-functional/system-level requirements.
• Comfortable dealing with stakeholders, developers, and architects during facilitated sessions and throughout the development lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture and network applications.
• 3 to 5 years of advanced knowledge in security, application security, or network security.
• Ability to positively engage with the business at all levels.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex problems and manage and resolve them in a timely manner.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively.
• Strong communication and conceptual skills with a desire to share knowledge and cross-train.
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines.

• Familiarity with version control software.
• Familiarity with pull request style software development.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.
• Experience with documentation and project management systems, such as Confluence and Jira.
• Experience writing software in languages such as Python, Ruby, or Golang.

• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret the most complex business documents.
• Daily interaction with application and peer teams across global regions, cultures, and time zones.
• Experience communicating to a global audience and various specific cultural audiences is strongly preferred.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive issues.
• Ability to write reports, manuals, speeches, and articles using distinctive style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on complex topics to employees, clients, top management, and public groups.
• Ability to motivate and negotiate effectively with key employees, top management, and client groups to take desired action.

• Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations.
• Requires expert-level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment.
• Draws upon the analysis of others and makes recommendations that have a direct impact on the company.

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