Cyber Security Engineer

CYBER SECURITY ENGINEER ATLANTA HYBRID

Travel obsessed Big tech fan Hey youre in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round then look no further.

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday infamous bachelorette party or long overdue school reunion. While we cant solve mosquito bites or lost luggage we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel and were looking for the best thinkers to help us do it.

Were hiring right now for aCyber Security Engineer! Search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team.

How youll make an impact:

The Cyber Security Engineer II with strong Akamai experience serves as the first line of defense driving forward the automation management and compliance of our edge network solutions. He/She will support the Cyber Security Operations team headquartered in Atlanta GA working with application network and security teams. As part of the Cyber Security team you will implement and manage Travelports network edge protection solutions.

Your role in action:

• Design build manage and safeguard enterprise web apps analyze traffic logs tune security rules and resolve access or DDoS issues across global network architectures. Provide technical leadership in architecture design engineering implementation security and management of the enterprise solution.
• Provide input to strategic planning for protecting and operationalization of our architecture with multiple data centers cloud network infrastructure disaster recovery (DR) and resiliency.
• Protect high-traffic web apps and APIs using Akamai edge controls.
• Manage WAF policies bot-protection and rate-limiting rules.
• Troubleshoot complex edge traffic DNS and TLS flows.
• Documents and disseminate processes and procedures for network security.
• Provides forensics input to Cyber Incident Response teams.
• Support audit and compliance activities

Could this be you

• At least five years experience implementing configuring integrating and supporting Akamai
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Akamai security suites and policy tuning.
• Strong command of TCP/IP DNS TLS/SSL HTTP/S and CDN reverse-proxy mechanics.
• Experience with PCI Network Segmentation.
• Configure and tune Akamai App & API Protector Kona Site Defender and Bot Manager.
• Ability to Inspect logs and HTTP transactions to reduce false positives and mitigate attacks.
• Integrate new internet-facing services safely into the edge security framework.
• Investigate security alerts handle escalations and support on-call rotations.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code deployments via Terraform and API scripting and AI utilization to assist.
• Experience following change control procedures and analyzing impacts of changes for possible disruptions/issues.
• Ability to work on a 24/7/365 available team and be on-call for emergency coverage
• Experience working with internal and external customers for required changes providing input and recommendations for best practices and infrastructure/application integration.

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college/university with an emphasis in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience.
• Successful completion for one of the following certifications:
  • Akamai Certification
• Excellent troubleshooting skills beyond the Edge Platform with the ability to identify the root cause and solution to problems.
• Strong command of TCP/IP DNS TLS/SSL HTTP/S and CDN reverse-proxy mechanics.
• Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 botnets and API abuse patterns.
• Linux command line skills
• Scripting experience with Bash Perl Python and/or PowerShell
• Automation scripting experience with Service Now/firewall management APIs
• Availability to work nights at weekends
• Availability to participate in on call rotation for after-hours support
• Workingknowledge of Microsoft Office Tools (Word ExcelPowerPoint)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Discover why our teams love working here:

Offer: 126k annually

Where do we start! Our benefits package includes:

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical dental vision employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance Voluntary life options a competitive 401(k) match as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy hybrid working model as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off and the non-birthing parent receives 8.

Your journey at Travelport starts here- apply now!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform crucial job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation if needed.