Security Engineer

• Support security control assessment activities
• Gather and organize assessment evidence
• Document security control implementation
• Conduct security testing and evaluations
• Assist with vulnerability scans and analysis
• Create of assessment reports and briefings
• Maintain assessment documentation and tracking sheets
• Lead security control interviews
• Prepare assessment deliverables
• Applying NIST security controls and frameworks
• Support continuous monitoring activities
• Assist with security documentation review
• Contribute to Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) development
• Participate in team meetings and technical discussions

Security Control Assessor

• Lead onboarding and migration of applications onto Akamai CDN and WAF platforms.
• Configure, maintain, and support Akamai edge security and content delivery services.
• Implement and tune WAF policies, security controls, caching rules, and traffic management configurations.
• Work closely with application, network, cloud, and security teams to ensure secure and optimized application delivery.
• Troubleshoot complex Layer 1–7 issues involving DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN behavior, caching, and origin connectivity.
• Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and operational escalations.
• Participate in on-call rotation and support maintenance activities during off-hour change windows.
• Develop technical documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and audit artifacts.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal stakeholders on application onboarding and security initiatives.
• Support security assessments, audits, remediation activities, and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.

WAF/CDN Security Architect

• Own a meaningful slice of our defensive infrastructure end-to-end.
• Design, execute, and follow through on security awareness programs and phishing simulations.
• Participate in Endpoint Detection & Response rollout and ongoing operations.
• Revamp our network protections for Zero Trust network access and DNS security.
• Manage and operate our EASM platform, including continuous monitoring, finding triage, and remediation coordination.
• Coordinate with our third-party penetration testing partner for scoping, logistics, findings review, and remediation tracking.
• Monitor and respond to security alerts across our stack — SIEM, EDR telemetry, and related tooling.
• Own relevant SOC 2 controls and participate in vendor evaluations, new tooling assessments, and ad hoc projects.

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