Senior Edge Security Engineer: Akamai & WAF Specialist

CVS Health; Concord (NH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize security controls protecting web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services. You will work with cross-functional teams to strengthen the enterprise perimeter and respond to security threats.

The role involves on-call rotation and after-hours support for critical incidents, with a focus on Akamai and Imperva security technologies, DNS/SSL/TLS management, and continuous improvement of security controls.

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 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.
• Develop and maintain bot mitigation controls using behavioral analysis, bot scoring, allowlists, denylists, and automated enforcement.
• Investigate and mitigate DDoS attacks, credential stuffing, account takeover attempts, scraping, and other application-layer threats.
• Analyze traffic, telemetry, and threat intelligence to improve protection while reducing false positives.
• Monitor Akamai security telemetry, Splunk, Grafana, and related platforms for threats and anomalies.
• Investigate and resolve security incidents and complex platform issues.
• Provide technical escalation support for critical security events and production issues.
• Partner with teams on onboarding and security improvements; CI/CD integration; document standards and runbooks.

Skills

Akamai security

WAF

Bot protection

DDoS mitigation

API security

DNS security

Certificate management

Threat telemetry analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Imperva Website Security

Splunk

Grafana

Akamai tooling

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and optimize security controls protecting web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services. You will work with cross-functional teams to strengthen the enterprise perimeter and respond to security threats.

The role involves on-call rotation and after-hours support for critical incidents, with a focus on Akamai and Imperva security technologies, DNS/SSL/TLS management, and continuous improvement of security controls.