Senior Edge Security Engineer (Akamai & WAF)

CVS Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize security controls for enterprise web applications and APIs, with a focus on Akamai, WAF, bot protection, and edge security services.

The role collaborates with application, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to strengthen the digital perimeter, investigate incidents, and improve security operations, including on-call rotations and production support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise web application, API, or edge security.
• 3+ years 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 and API security, HTTP/HTTPS and TCP/IP, DNS and traffic management, SSL/TLS and certificate management, OWASP Top 10, and/or 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.
• Configure and tune managed and custom WAF protections, rate limiting, IP and geographic controls, ACLs, API protections, and custom security rules.

Skills

Akamai security

Edge security

Web application security

API security

DDoS mitigation

TLS/SSL security

Security telemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Akamai security technologies

Imperva Website Security

Splunk

Grafana

CI/CD security tools

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize security controls for enterprise web applications and APIs, with a focus on Akamai, WAF, bot protection, and edge security services.

The role collaborates with application, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to strengthen the digital perimeter, investigate incidents, and improve security operations, including on-call rotations and production support.