Cloudflare Systems Engineer & WAF Specialist (Hybrid)

Advantage Technical; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 82,656 - 96,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A leading staffing and recruiting firm is seeking a Cloudflare-focused System Engineer. This role involves managing Cloudflare operations, tuning WAF, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance security. Candidates should have 2+ years of experience with Cloudflare and solid skills in DNS, SSL/TLS, and traffic analysis. This position allows for onsite work from Monday to Thursday, with hybrid flexibility on Fridays. Competitive salary and benefits are included.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on Cloudflare administration.
• Solid cloud background — GCP preferred, AWS nice-to-have.
• Ability to guide a phased rollout from logging → enforcement mode.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary administrator for Cloudflare across multiple domains.
• Manage WAF tuning, rule creation, and false-positive review.
• Analyze Cloudflare traffic logs and recommend protections.

Skills

DNS, proxying, SSL/TLS

Traffic and log analysis

Caching/Performance fundamentals

Cloudflare administration

Communication skills

Job description

A leading staffing and recruiting firm is seeking a Cloudflare-focused System Engineer. This role involves managing Cloudflare operations, tuning WAF, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance security. Candidates should have 2+ years of experience with Cloudflare and solid skills in DNS, SSL/TLS, and traffic analysis. This position allows for onsite work from Monday to Thursday, with hybrid flexibility on Fridays. Competitive salary and benefits are included.