Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect

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Select Minds LLC

Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect

Dallas, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Remote

    Competitive salary

    Opportunity for advancement

    Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect Remote (On-call support and occasional off-hour maintenance activities required) Full-Time / Contract

    We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Akamai WAF/CDN Security Architect to support enterprise-scale application onboarding, edge security implementation, and CDN operations.

    This role requires a strong technical leader who can independently drive discussions with Akamai vendors, application teams, and security stakeholders from day one. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Akamai WAF/CDN technologies, application delivery, internet-facing architectures, and production troubleshooting.

    Responsibilities

    • 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.

    Required Skills

    • 10+ years of overall IT infrastructure/network/security experience.
    • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai CDN and WAF technologies in enterprise environments.
    • Strong expertise with:
    • Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD)
    • Akamai CDN
    • Edge DNS
    • Property Manager
    • Bot Manager
    • TLS/Certificate Management
    • Strong understanding of:
    • HTTP/HTTPS
    • TLS/SSL
    • DNS
    • TCP/IP
    • CDN caching
    • Load balancing
    • Web application security
    • Experience with OWASP Top 10 mitigation and WAF tuning.
    • Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
    • Familiarity with enterprise ADC/load balancer technologies such as F5, AVI, Citrix ADC, A10, or Cloudflare.
    • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
    • Experience working directly with vendors and driving technical discussions independently.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Akamai certifications preferred.
    • Experience with automation/scripting using Python, Shell, Terraform, or APIs.
    • Experience with SIEM integrations, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
    • Prior experience supporting large-scale internet-facing enterprise applications.

    This is a remote position.