Senior WAF/CDN Security Architect (Remote)

Select Minds LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote

Competitive salary

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Select Minds LLC seeks a highly experienced Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect to lead onboarding of enterprise applications, edge security implementations, and CDN operations in a remote, full-time/contract capacity. You will drive discussions with Akamai vendors, application teams, and security stakeholders from day one, tailoring policies and configurations to ensure secure, performant delivery.

The ideal candidate has deep Akamai expertise, strong leadership, and hands-on troubleshooting

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure/network/security experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Akamai CDN and WAF in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency with Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD), Akamai CDN, Edge DNS, Property Manager, Bot Manager, TLS/Certificate Management.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, DNS, TCP/IP, CDN caching, Load balancing, and web application security.
• Experience with OWASP Top 10 mitigation and WAF tuning.
• Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with ADC/load balancer tech such as F5, AVI, Citrix ADC, A10, or Cloudflare.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience working directly with vendors and driving technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and migration of apps onto Akamai CDN and WAF platforms.
• Configure, maintain, and support Akamai edge security and CDN services.
• Implement and tune WAF policies, security controls, caching rules, and traffic management configurations.
• Collaborate with application, network, cloud, and security teams to ensure secure delivery.
• Troubleshoot Layer 1–7 issues involving DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN behavior, and origin connectivity.
• Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and escalations.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance during off-hour windows.
• Develop technical documentation, runbooks, and audit artifacts.
• Collaborate with vendors and stakeholders on onboarding and security initiatives.
• Support security assessments, audits, and remediation activities.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

Skills

Akamai CDN

Akamai WAF

Edge DNS

TLS/SSL

HTTP/HTTPS

WAF tuning

OWASP Top 10

Cloud platforms

Scripting (Python)

Vendor management

Troubleshooting

Security architecture

Tools

F5

AVI

Citrix ADC

A10

Cloudflare

Job description

Benefits:

• Remote
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement

Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect
Remote
(On-call support and occasional off-hour maintenance activities required)
Full-Time / Contract

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect to support enterprise-scale application onboarding, edge security implementation, and CDN operations.

This role requires a strong technical leader who can independently drive discussions with Akamai vendors, application teams, and security stakeholders from day one. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Akamai WAF/CDN technologies, application delivery, internet-facing architectures, and production troubleshooting.

Responsibilities
* Lead onboarding and migration of applications onto Akamai CDN and WAF platforms.
* Configure, maintain, and support Akamai edge security and content delivery services.
* Implement and tune WAF policies, security controls, caching rules, and traffic management configurations.
* Work closely with application, network, cloud, and security teams to ensure secure and optimized application delivery.
* Troubleshoot complex Layer 1–7 issues involving DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN behavior, caching, and origin connectivity.
* Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and operational escalations.
* Participate in on-call rotation and support maintenance activities during off-hour change windows.
* Develop technical documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and audit artifacts.
* Collaborate with vendors and internal stakeholders on application onboarding and security initiatives.
* Support security assessments, audits, remediation activities, and compliance requirements.
* Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.

Required Skills
* 10+ years of overall IT infrastructure/network/security experience.
* 5+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai CDN and WAF technologies in enterprise environments.
* Strong expertise with:
* Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD)
* Akamai CDN
* Edge DNS
* Property Manager
* Bot Manager
* TLS/Certificate Management
* Strong understanding of:
* HTTP/HTTPS
* TLS/SSL
* DNS
* TCP/IP
* CDN caching
* Load balancing
* Web application security
* Experience with OWASP Top 10 mitigation and WAF tuning.
* Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Familiarity with enterprise ADC/load balancer technologies such as F5, AVI, Citrix ADC, A10, or Cloudflare.
* Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
* Experience working directly with vendors and driving technical discussions independently.

Preferred Qualifications
* Akamai certifications preferred.
* Experience with automation/scripting using Python, Shell, Terraform, or APIs.
* Experience with SIEM integrations, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
* Prior experience supporting large-scale internet-facing enterprise applications.

This is a remote position.