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Akamai Engineer

TECHNEPTUNE CONSULTING INC

Hybrid in New York, New York • Yesterday

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Akamai Engineer with WAF and BOT Manager

Strategic Resources International

New York, New York • Today

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60 - 65

WAF / Akamai Security Engineer with AI Experience

Info Dinamica Inc

New York, New York • Today

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Third Party, Contract

Akamai Security Engineer

Marici Solutions

Hybrid in New York, New York • Today

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AI Engineer with Akamai / Akamai Security Engineer

Vigna Solutions Inc.

Hybrid in New York, New York • 11d ago

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Contract, Third Party

60 - 65

Looking for Senior CDN Engineer with Akamai _Need Independent candidates.

Vrddhi Solutions LLC

Remote • 2d ago

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Contract

Depends on Experience

TECHNEPTUNE CONSULTING INC

Job Details

Skills

Akamai
Artificial Intelligence
WAF

Summary

1\. WAF Onboarding & Application Migration

Lead onboarding of internet-facing applications to Akamai WAF.
Work with application, DNS, load balancer, proxy, firewall, and QA teams to migrate applications into monitor/alert mode and ultimately deny mode.
Coordinate testing, rollout plans, traffic cutovers, validation, and rollback procedures.

2\. WAF Policy Tuning & False Positive Analysis

Analyse production traffic and WAF events to identify false positives.
Tune security policies to reduce business impact while maintaining strong protection.
Review blocked requests, investigate application behaviour, and create narrowly scoped exceptions when justified.

3\. AI, LLM & API Security Support

Troubleshoot AI- and LLM-related traffic that triggers WAF protections, such as SQL injection controls.
Work with application teams and vendors to design compensating controls, header-based attestation mechanisms, and API-specific protections.
Evaluate emerging Akamai AI security capabilities, including AI-powered detections, Firewall for AI, bot identification, and agentic AI protections.

4\. Security Event Monitoring & Threat Analysis

Review WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, Client Reputation, and API Security events.
Analyse attack patterns and determine whether activity is malicious or legitimate.
Recommend policy improvements and mitigations based on observed threats.

5\. Quarterly Security Reviews & Platform Upgrades

Conduct structured reviews of applications protected by Akamai.
Evaluate opportunities to move applications from monitoring to mitigation mode.
Perform quarterly WAF upgrades, policy reviews, and security-control tuning to keep protections aligned with current threat intelligence.

6\. Incident Response & Troubleshooting

Assist with production incidents where application behaviour changes after WAF enablement.
Investigate latency issues, traffic-routing problems, load-balancer interactions, client IP handling, surge queue events, and application outages.
Coordinate with Akamai engineering resources and internal teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.

7\. Security Architecture & Design Consulting

Advise application teams on secure web architectures, OWASP protections, API security, bot mitigation, client reputation controls, and DDoS protection.
Provide guidance on best practices for onboarding, secure application design, and remediation of web vulnerabilities.

8\. Program Management & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with application owners, infrastructure teams, auditors, risk managers, and security leadership.
Track onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, and remediation activities through program governance and ticketing systems.
Present status updates, metrics, risks, and remediation plans to senior management.

9\. Operational Metrics & Reporting

Produce dashboards and reporting covering:
WAF adoption
Deny-mode coverage
Bot mitigation effectiveness
API discovery
Security exceptions
Attack activity
Measure onboarding progress, control effectiveness, and risk reduction across the organisation.

10\. Vendor Liaison & Technology Roadmap Guidance

Act as the primary interface between the enterprise and Akamai.
Engage Akamai product teams on product defects, enhancement requests, AI roadmap discussions, policy recommendations, and complex troubleshooting.
Evaluate new Akamai capabilities and coordinate pilot deployments where appropriate.

Mandatory Experience

5+ years of Akamai experience
Akamai Kona Site Defender
Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai API Security
OWASP Top 10
Incident response experience

Preferred Experience

AI/LLM security
Akamai Firewall for AI
Enterprise-scale migration experience
Financial services experience

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Dice Id: 91173198
Position Id: 9108973
Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About TECHNEPTUNE CONSULTING INC

TechNeptune Consulting is a reputed company with 60 years of expertise in cumulative services in staffing, recruiting, and sales. With dedicated team management and visionary leadership, we have served local and international companies, including regulatory bodies, professional associations, and small & medium-sized enterprises. Our expertise in staffing services positions TechNeptune as a valuable partner for businesses looking to streamline their workforce, sales processes, and recruiting services globally efficiently.

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Job Details

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Summary

1\. WAF Onboarding & Application Migration

Lead onboarding of internet-facing applications to Akamai WAF.
Work with application, DNS, load balancer, proxy, firewall, and QA teams to migrate applications into monitor/alert mode and ultimately deny mode.
Coordinate testing, rollout plans, traffic cutovers, validation, and rollback procedures.

2\. WAF Policy Tuning & False Positive Analysis

Analyse production traffic and WAF events to identify false positives.
Tune security policies to reduce business impact while maintaining strong protection.
Review blocked requests, investigate application behaviour, and create narrowly scoped exceptions when justified.

3\. AI, LLM & API Security Support

Troubleshoot AI- and LLM-related traffic that triggers WAF protections, such as SQL injection controls.
Work with application teams and vendors to design compensating controls, header-based attestation mechanisms, and API-specific protections.
Evaluate emerging Akamai AI security capabilities, including AI-powered detections, Firewall for AI, bot identification, and agentic AI protections.

4\. Security Event Monitoring & Threat Analysis

Review WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, Client Reputation, and API Security events.
Analyse attack patterns and determine whether activity is malicious or legitimate.
Recommend policy improvements and mitigations based on observed threats.

5\. Quarterly Security Reviews & Platform Upgrades

Conduct structured reviews of applications protected by Akamai.
Evaluate opportunities to move applications from monitoring to mitigation mode.
Perform quarterly WAF upgrades, policy reviews, and security-control tuning to keep protections aligned with current threat intelligence.

6\. Incident Response & Troubleshooting

Assist with production incidents where application behaviour changes after WAF enablement.
Investigate latency issues, traffic-routing problems, load-balancer interactions, client IP handling, surge queue events, and application outages.
Coordinate with Akamai engineering resources and internal teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.

7\. Security Architecture & Design Consulting

Advise application teams on secure web architectures, OWASP protections, API security, bot mitigation, client reputation controls, and DDoS protection.
Provide guidance on best practices for onboarding, secure application design, and remediation of web vulnerabilities.

8\. Program Management & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with application owners, infrastructure teams, auditors, risk managers, and security leadership.
Track onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, and remediation activities through program governance and ticketing systems.
Present status updates, metrics, risks, and remediation plans to senior management.

9\. Operational Metrics & Reporting

Produce dashboards and reporting covering:
WAF adoption
Deny-mode coverage
Bot mitigation effectiveness
API discovery
Security exceptions
Attack activity
Measure onboarding progress, control effectiveness, and risk reduction across the organisation.

10\. Vendor Liaison & Technology Roadmap Guidance

Act as the primary interface between the enterprise and Akamai.
Engage Akamai product teams on product defects, enhancement requests, AI roadmap discussions, policy recommendations, and complex troubleshooting.
Evaluate new Akamai capabilities and coordinate pilot deployments where appropriate.

Mandatory Experience

5+ years of Akamai experience
Akamai Kona Site Defender
Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai API Security
OWASP Top 10
Incident response experience

Preferred Experience

AI/LLM security
Akamai Firewall for AI
Enterprise-scale migration experience
Financial services experience

Dice Id: 91173198
Position Id: 9108973
Posted 1 day ago

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