Job Title: Cloudflare WAF Engineer
Location: Cincinnati OH 100% Onsite
Long Term Contract
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Cloudflare WAF Engineer with strong expertise in Web Application Firewall configuration tuning and implementation. The ideal candidate will work closely with security teams network engineers and application developers to protect enterprise applications from evolving web threats.
Key Responsibilities:
- Configure deploy and maintain Cloudflare WAF policies and rulesets
- Analyze and fine-tune WAF policies to minimize false positives and maximize protection
- Implement custom WAF rules security filters and managed rule sets
- Collaborate with AppSec DevOps and Network Security teams to ensure secure application delivery
- Monitor and investigate WAF alerts logs and incidents
- Provide recommendations and best practices for application security and DDoS protection
- Assist in incident response and mitigation involving web application attacks
- Document configurations change management and tuning procedures
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security or related field (preferred)
- Cloudflare certifications or equivalent WAF/security-related certifications (Preferred)
- Overall IT Experience: 8-10 Years
- 3 5 years of hands-on experience with Cloudflare WAF (mandatory)
- Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities and threat prevention
- Experience with DDoS mitigation bot management and rate limiting using Cloudflare
- Familiarity with HTTP/HTTPS protocols DNS CDN and load balancing
- Scripting skills (e.g. Python Bash) for automation and integration (preferred)
- Experience integrating WAF in DevSecOps pipelines (a plus)
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills