Load Balancer / WAF Engineer - North Central region

guidepointsecurity; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical plan

Dental plan

Phone allowance

Home internet allowance

Retirement plan

Job summary

GuidePoint Security in the United States is seeking an edge security engineer to design and operate cloud-based WAF, DDoS protection, bot controls, and CDN configurations for enterprise and managed-service environments.

You will work with application, DevOps, and network teams, tune security rules, optimize routing and availability, document runbooks, and support migrations of on-prem app delivery to cloud-based equivalents. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• : 2–4 years experience with cloud WAF or DDoS in enterprise settings.
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• Hands-on with Cloudflare or Akamai edge protection and custom traffic rules.
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• Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, routing, NAT, and load balancing.
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• Experience with application delivery controllers such as F5 BIG-IP, including iRules and WAF features.
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• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills across application and network layers.
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• Willingness to use emerging tools, including AI tools, to improve problem solving and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage cloud WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot protection, and CDN configurations.
• Create and tune security and traffic rules, including rate limits, filtering logic, and platform-specific rule sets.
• Optimize routing, failover, load balancing, latency, and availability for application traffic.
• Assess edge configurations, investigate security or performance issues, and support response to DDoS activity or WAF bypass attempts.
• Document configurations and prepare operational runbooks for client or support-team handoffs.
• Help migrate or integrate on-premises application delivery systems, translating custom logic to cloud-based equivalents.

Skills

Cloud WAF

DDoS platforms

Cloudflare/Akamai

Networking fundamentals

F5 BIG-IP

iRules/SSL offloading

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

AI tools usage

Tools

F5 BIG-IP

iRules

SSL offloading

Job description

Role overview

Design and operate edge security and application delivery solutions for enterprise and managed-service environments. The work centers on cloud-based web application firewalls, DDoS protection, bot controls, content delivery, and load balancing, with an emphasis on secure, reliable traffic flow to internet-facing applications. You'll work with application, DevOps, and infrastructure teams and support client delivery and handoffs.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage cloud WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot protection, and CDN configurations.
• Create and tune security and traffic rules, including rate limits, filtering logic, and platform-specific rule sets.
• Optimize routing, failover, load balancing, latency, and availability for application traffic.
• Assess edge configurations, investigate security or performance issues, and support response to DDoS activity or WAF bypass attempts.
• Document configurations and prepare operational runbooks for client or support-team handoffs.
• Help migrate or integrate on-premises application delivery systems, translating custom logic to cloud-based equivalents.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience managing cloud WAF or DDoS platforms in enterprise settings.
• Working knowledge of Cloudflare or Akamai edge protection services and custom traffic rules.
• Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, routing, NAT, and load balancing.
• Hands-on experience with application delivery controllers such as F5 BIG-IP, including iRules, SSL offloading, and WAF features.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills across application and network layers.
• Willingness to use emerging tools, including AI tools, to improve problem solving and delivery.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with bot mitigation and client-facing work in consulting or managed services.

Benefits and work setup

• Primarily remote, U.S.-based work; travel may be required up to 25%.
• Benefits listed include medical and dental plan options, flexible time off, 12 company holidays, phone and home internet allowances, retirement plan eligibility, and an optional pet benefit.
• Applicants must already be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship is unavailable.