Web Application Firewall Engineer
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Job Description
Job Title: Web Application Firewall Engineer
- Location: Charlotte, NC Hybrid preferred; local candidates only
- Tax Term (W2, C2C): W2 / C2C
- Job Type (Permanent/Contract): Contract
- Duration: Long Term
- Pay Range: DOE
Description: We are seeking an experienced Web Application Firewall Engineer to support, monitor, troubleshoot, and engineer enterprise web application firewall and application security technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP, F5 ASM/AWAF, and Akamai Kona, including experience migrating applications from legacy BIG-IP environments to newer F5 platforms. The role requires strong troubleshooting, networking, application security, and enterprise security engineering capabilities.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Web Application Firewalls, including F5 and Akamai.
- Perform expert-level troubleshooting of WAF and application security technologies.
- Support architecture, engineering, deployment, and migration activities for security technologies.
- Migrate applications from legacy BIG-IP environments to modern F5 platforms.
- Perform regular health checks, configuration reviews, and user activity audits.
- Analyze packet captures, CLI output, application logs, and network traffic to troubleshoot security issues.
- Work closely with application developers and infrastructure teams to resolve security and connectivity issues.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation covering security architecture, configurations, operations, and management.
- Support additional network security technologies such as firewalls and Network Access Control when required.
- Participate in security projects, incident response, and on-call support.
- Use scripting and automation to improve operational efficiency.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise Web Application Firewall (WAF) technologies.
- Strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP.
- Strong experience with F5 ASM/AWAF.
- Experience with Akamai Kona / Akamai WAF.
- Proven experience migrating applications from legacy BIG-IP to F5 environments.
- Strong understanding of Layer 7/application-layer security and TCP/IP fundamentals.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, CLI commands, network protocols, and application logs.
- Experience supporting enterprise security infrastructure and security projects.
- Knowledge of application security and secure coding practices.
- Python or PowerShell scripting experience is a plus.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work with technical and business teams at different organizational levels.
- Ability to participate in on-call and flexible support schedules.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of relevant WAF/security engineering experience.
- Local to Charlotte, NC and available for a hybrid work arrangement.
- Must be available for an in-person client interview.
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