Akamai Security Engineer - WAF, API & Incident Response

Gen2Soft consulting LLC

Alpharetta (GA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 days ago

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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

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

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