Akamai Security Engineer

Gen2Soft consulting LLC; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gen2Soft consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Akamai Security Engineer in Alpharetta, GA to lead WAF onboarding, migrations, and ongoing security operations. You will monitor Akamai WAF, Bot Manager, and API Security, investigate incidents, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to optimize protection.

The role requires 5+ years of Akamai experience, expertise with Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, and API Security, and a strong focus on OWASP Top 10, DDoS controls, and incident

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Akamai experience.
• Proficiency with WAF onboarding and incident response.
• Policy tuning and false-positives analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead Akamai WAF onboarding and application migrations
• Perform WAF policy tuning and false–positive analysis
• Monitor WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, and API Security events
• Investigate security threats, incidents, traffic issues, and application outages
• Support AI/LLM security, API security, and Akamai security capabilities
• Apply OWASP protections, bot mitigation, and DDoS controls
• Conduct security reviews, upgrades, and policy optimization
• Work with application, infrastructure, security, and Akamai teams
• Support troubleshooting, technical escalations, and remediation

Skills

Akamai WAF

Policy tuning

Incident response

Bot Manager

Akamai API Security

OWASP Top 10

DDoS protection

Security reviews

Tools

Akamai Kona Site Defender

Akamai Bot Manager

Akamai API Security

Job description

We are hiring an experienced Akamai Security Engineer with strong experience in WAF, application security, and incident response.

• Lead Akamai WAF onboarding and application migrations
• Perform WAF policy tuning and false–positive analysis
• Monitor WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, and API Security events
• Investigate security threats, incidents, traffic issues, and application outages
• Support AI/LLM security, API security, and Akamai security capabilities
• Apply OWASP protections, bot mitigation, and DDoS controls
• Conduct security reviews, upgrades, and policy optimization
• Work with application, infrastructure, security, and Akamai teams
• Support troubleshooting, technical escalations, and remediation

• 5+ years of Akamai experience
• Akamai Kona Site Defender
• Akamai Bot Manager
• Akamai API Security
• OWASP Top 10
• Incident Response experience

AI/LLM Security, Akamai Firewall for AI, Enterprise Application Migration, and Financial Services experience.