Senior Edge Security Engineer — CDN & Bot Protection Lead

CoStar Group; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

CoStar Group is seeking a Senior Edge Security Engineer to manage Akamai Kona WAF configurations, bot mitigation, and perimeter defenses for its public websites. Hybrid in-office schedule with location options in Arlington, VA, Richmond, VA, or Irvine, CA.

The role emphasizes design, tuning, and incident response across 50+ high-traffic properties, aligning security with product and DevOps teams. A Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in related security are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited university.
• 4+ years of edge security or CDN security experience.
• Hands-on experience with WAF policy tuning and bot management.
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and API security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead CDN Security strategy and operations for 50+ high-traffic properties.
• Drive bot management and anti-scraping across the portfolio.
• Analyze edge traffic to detect anomalies and respond to incidents.
• Support secure deployment and scaling of edge security controls.
• Provide edge security across multiple web stacks and threat profiles.

Skills

Akamai Kona

Bot management

WAF tuning

Python

OpenSearch

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Akamai Kona Site Defender

Cloudflare

AWS WAF

Job description

CoStar Group is seeking a Senior Edge Security Engineer to manage Akamai Kona WAF configurations, bot mitigation, and perimeter defenses for its public websites. Hybrid in-office schedule with location options in Arlington, VA, Richmond, VA, or Irvine, CA.

The role emphasizes design, tuning, and incident response across 50+ high-traffic properties, aligning security with product and DevOps teams. A Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in related security are required.