Cloud Engineer - WAF (remote)

Cloud Engineer - WAF

Technical Skills & Experience:
• Strong experience with multiple WAF solutions for edge, cloud, and on-premise
• Strong experience with cloud services and their WAF controls, ideally including one or more of the following: AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Strong understanding of Web Application security attack methods and mitigations
• Proficiency in WAF tuning and configuration and a strong foundation in web security principles and practices.
• Develop custom WAF rules and features, addressing gaps and enhancing overall security measures
• Capability to design and implement bespoke WAF processes and documentation, underpinned by a thorough understanding of web application security.
• Analytical skills to review and align platforms with MVP and Baseline Configurations, leveraging a deep knowledge of WAF functionalities and limitations.
• Providing DevSecOps pipeline maintenance support for the automation works
• Familiarity with IDAM protocols and access control measures for WAF management, informed by strong web security knowledge.
• Understanding of HTTPS inspection, including Termination and Certificate management, grounded in robust web security practices.
• Experience in rate limiting techniques and their integration into security configurations
• Experience of version control and update mechanisms for WAF solutions
• Competency in identifying and documenting platform and organizational logging options, focusing on security implications and cloud environments.
• Experience interfacing with SOC during WAF-related security incidents
• General connectivity/network issue management/service management experience

OTHER SKILLS
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Attention to detail in analysing large data sets
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong communication skills both written and verbally
• Experience working in Agile, or knowledge of the key principles of the methodology
• Previous experience working on either Information Security/Cyber Security/IT Security projects and Infrastructure projects would be desirable.
• Positively contribute and work to team objectives.
• Self-starter, who can work pro-actively with minimum supervision