Senior Edge Security Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead CDN security strategy and operations for over 50 high-traffic web properties.
• Design and tune Akamai Kona policies to protect against OWASP, DDoS, and emerging threats.
• Manage bot mitigation and anti-scraping strategies including residential proxy and low-and-slow pattern detection.
• Analyze edge traffic patterns to detect anomalies and respond to security incidents.
• Support the secure deployment and scaling of edge security controls across cloud and CDN environments.
• Author scripts and automation using Python or JavaScript to improve security reporting and operations.
• Monitor and analyze logs using tools such as Akamai WSA, OpenSearch, or Athena.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited, not for profit, in person university or college.
• 4+ years of experience in edge security, web application security, or managing CDN security platforms for high-traffic web properties.
• Hands-on experience with WAF policy tuning, bot management, and rate limiting on a major CDN platform.
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10, API security best practices, and traffic analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to author scripts or automation in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Experience with dashboards and log analysis tools such as Akamai WSA, OpenSearch, or Athena.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on experience across the Akamai security suite, including Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, Client Reputation, and Site Shield (preferred).