Remote Security Engineer: Web App & API Protection

your Jared; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Yum! Brands is seeking a Security Engineer to join its Cybersecurity Engineering organization to protect the web applications and APIs across KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Habit Burger & Grill, and Yum! corporate platforms.

The role emphasizes WAF/CDN, certificate management, and API security using Akamai technologies, with collaboration across security, IT, and product teams to ensure availability, performance, and robust security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or equivalent education and/or professional experience.
• 2–4+ years of experience in cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, cloud engineering, application support, or a related technical field.
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and web security threats.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and support Web Application Firewall protections using Akamai App & API Protector.
• Monitor and investigate web security events involving various threats and anomalies.
• Assist with onboarding applications onto the enterprise WAF/CDN platform.
• Support the lifecycle management of public TLS certificates and related processes.
• Participate in incident response activities and on-call rotation.

Skills

Reverse proxies

CDN concepts

REST APIs

Web app security

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai CDN

Certificate Manager

Web security platforms

Job description

Yum! Brands is seeking a Security Engineer to join its Cybersecurity Engineering organization to protect the web applications and APIs across KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Habit Burger & Grill, and Yum! corporate platforms.

The role emphasizes WAF/CDN, certificate management, and API security using Akamai technologies, with collaboration across security, IT, and product teams to ensure availability, performance, and robust security.