Edge Security Engineer - WAF, Bot & DDoS

CVS Health; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Bonus eligible

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design and optimize edge security for enterprise web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services, focusing on Akamai, WAF, and related protections.

You will partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams, participate in on-call rotations, and help strengthen the enterprise perimeter while improving security controls and deployment processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise web application, API, or edge security.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai security technologies or comparable enterprise WAF and application-security platforms.
• 3+ years of working knowledge: WAF, bot management and DDoS mitigation, Web/API security, HTTP/HTTPS and TCP/IP, DNS/traffic management, SSL/TLS/cert/management, OWASP Top 10, Linux-based environments.
• 2+ years of experience analyzing security telemetry, identify attack patterns, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement effective countermeasures.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Akamai security technologies, including WAF, Bot Manager Premier, Adaptive Security Engine, Client Reputation, Account Protector, DDoS protections, and related security services.
• Administer Imperva Website Security capabilities, including security configuration, monitoring, data protection controls, and origin integrations.
• Design and maintain security controls protecting web applications, APIs, and other internet-facing services.
• Monitor security telemetry and respond to incidents; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat analysis

Incident response

CI/CD integration

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Akamai

Imperva

Splunk

Grafana

Bot Manager Premier

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design and optimize edge security for enterprise web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services, focusing on Akamai, WAF, and related protections.

You will partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams, participate in on-call rotations, and help strengthen the enterprise perimeter while improving security controls and deployment processes.