IND Lead Engineer, Security - Web Application and API Protection Security Engineer

The Hartford; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a focused IND Lead Engineer, Security to design, implement, and manage WAAP protections for web apps and APIs. You will work with application development, cloud and network security teams to prevent OWASP Top 10 and API threats while enabling secure digital innovation.

The role requires hands-on WAAP experience, including Akamai WAF, API security in Apigee, and cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in application security, web security or related cybersecurity role.
• Hands-on experience with WAAP technologies such as Akamai WAF and API Security.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, REST, GraphQL, SOAP APIs, TLS/SSL.
• Experience with API discovery, API inventory management, and API security monitoring.
• Experience with SIEM, security monitoring, and log analysis platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support and maintenance for enterprise WAF and API security platforms.
• Design, deploy, and maintain WAAP solutions including threat detection and prevention.
• Vulnerability detection and prevention activities.
• Bot management and account protection implementation.
• DoS mitigation technologies and policy optimization.
• Monitor and respond to application-layer attacks and API abuse.
• Tune rules, analyze false positives, and optimize security policies.
• Support cloud-native WAAP deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Create dashboards and reports showing security posture and risk reduction.
• Stay current on emerging web, API, and application security threats.

Skills

WAAP technologies

Akamai WAF

API Security

Apigee API Management

AWS WAF

Google Cloud Armor

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

Akamai WAF

Apigee API Management

AWS WAF

Google Cloud Armor

Job description

IND Lead Engineer, Security - GCC041

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

Job Posting: Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) Engineer Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) Engineer to join our Information Security team. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-scale protections for web applications and APIs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in web application security, API security, web application firewalls (WAF), bot mitigation, DoS protection, and modern cloud-native security architectures. As a WAAP Engineer, you will work closely with application development, cloud engineering, network security, and cybersecurity teams to protect critical business services from evolving threats while enabling secure digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support and maintenance for The Hartford’s enterprise WAF and API security platforms
• Design, deploy, and maintain WAAP solutions including Threat Detection and Prevention
• Vulnerability Detection and Prevention
• Bot Management and Account Protection
• DoS mitigation technologies
• Develop and manage security policies to protect web applications, mobile applications, and APIs from OWASP Top 10 and OWASP API Top 10 threats
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to application-layer attacks, malicious bot activity, and API abuse
• Conduct rule tuning, false-positive analysis, and security policy optimization
• Support cloud-native WAAP deployments across environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP
• Create dashboards, metrics, and reports demonstrating security posture, attack trends, and risk reduction
• Stay current on emerging web, API, and application security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices
• Participate in security incident response activities involving web applications and APIs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of experience in application security, web security, network security, or a related cybersecurity role
• Hands-on experience with WAAP technologies such as Akamai WAF & API Security Apigee API Management AWS WAF Google Cloud Armor
• Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 OWASP API Security Top 10 Authentication and Authorization (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs TLS/SSL SPA, MPA and Web Application architectures
• Experience with API discovery, API inventory management, and API security monitoring
• Experience with SIEM, security monitoring, and log analysis platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing enterprise WAF and API security programs
• Knowledge of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices
• Industry certifications such as: CISSP AWS Certified Security Specialty

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