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Web Application Firewall (WAF) Security Engineer – F5 Akamai

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Job Location:

Charlotte, NC - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 37 - 42

Posted: 22 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 19 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Client an IT Services and Consultant company is looking for a Web Application Firewall (WAF) Security Engineer F5 / Akamai for their Charlotte NC/ Remote location.

Responsibilities:

Operations and monitoring and day to day troubleshooting forweb application firewalls (F5 and Akamai)across the enterprise.
Provide expert level troubleshooting for supported technologies
Perform architecture and engineering responsibilities in support of existing technologies and new security projects
Perform regular health checks and user activity audits
Author and vigilantly maintain documents related to the design purpose operation and management of security applications

Requirements:

Minimum 5 years knowledge and experience with deployment and maintenance of enterprise web application firewall products: Akamai Kona F5 ASM/AWAF Salt API Protection.
Primary responsibility is support of our security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other network security technologies such as Network Access Control Firewall etc
Must have good working knowledge of troubleshooting techniques: performing and analyzing the results of packet captures CLI commands familiarity with network protocols
Understand application layer TCP/IP Layer 7 security fundamentals
Ability to analyze application logs and work with developers to ensure secure coding practices are in use
Bachelors degree in information systems or relevant field of study
Excellent communications skills (verbal and written) are required.
Ability to interact with personnel at all levels across the organization and to comprehend business imperatives.
A strong customer/client focus with ability to manage expectations appropriately and provide superior customer/client experience and build long-term relationships.
Willing to have a flexible work schedule and be on call for incident resolution
Coding/Scripting experience such as Python or PowerShell to automate tasks is a bonus.