Security Analyst – Akamai WAF

About the role

This hands‑on operational role focuses on managing and supporting Akamai’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) in production environments. You will protect web applications and APIs by monitoring, tuning policies, and responding to security incidents.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and tune Akamai WAF policies, handling false positives.
• Respond to security incidents and support outage resolution.
• Troubleshoot edge‑to‑origin and API connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with on‑call rotation, covering weekends and occasional evening shifts.

Required profile

• Hands‑on experience with Akamai WAF (App & API Protector, Kona Site Defender, or similar).
• Proven support of production Akamai environments.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/S, APIs, web application behavior, and WAF rule logic.
• Experience with incident response and outage support.

Required skills

• Akamai WAF (App & API Protector, Kona Site Defender)
• HTTP/S, API protocols
• WAF rule tuning and false‑positive handling
• Incident response
• Edge‑to‑origin troubleshooting

What we offer

• Colsanitas prepaid medical insurance (employee only)
• Life insurance
• Udemy Business license
• Monthly wellness/entertainment allowance
• 15 vacation days per year
• U.S. holiday calendar