Senior Security Engineer – Akamai & Edge Security Services

CVS Health•New York, NY

4d•$83,430 - $222,480

About The Position

The Senior Security Engineer – Akamai & Edge Security Services designs, implements, administers, and optimizes security controls that protect enterprise web applications, APIs, and internet-facing services. This role provides senior technical expertise in Web Application Firewall (WAF), bot protection, DDoS mitigation, API security, DNS security, certificate management, and related edge security technologies. The position partners with application, cloud, infrastructure, network, and security teams to strengthen the enterprise digital perimeter, respond to security threats, troubleshoot complex issues, and continuously improve security controls and operational processes. The role participates in a rotating on-call schedule, approximately one week every six weeks, with occasional after-hours support for critical incidents and emergency changes.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in enterprise web application, API, or edge security.
3+ years of hands-on experience with Akamai security technologies or comparable enterprise WAF and application-security platforms.
3+ years of working knowledge: Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Bot management and DDoS mitigation, Web and API security, HTTP/HTTPS and TCP/IP, DNS and traffic management, SSL/TLS and certificate management, OWASP Top 10, andor Linux-based environments.
2+ years of experience analyzing security telemetry, identify attack patterns, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement effective countermeasures.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Akamai Bot Manager Premier, Adaptive Security Engine, Account Protector, Client Reputation, SiteShield, GTM, and CPS.
Experience with Imperva Website Security.
Experience with Splunk, Grafana, and enterprise security-monitoring platforms.
Knowledge of cloud security, DevSecOps, CI/CD integration, APIs, and security automation.
Experience in protecting large-scale internet-facing applications and APIs.
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Administer and optimize Akamai security technologies, including WAF, Bot Manager Premier, Adaptive Security Engine, Client Reputation, Account Protector, DDoS protections, and related security services.
Administer Imperva Website Security capabilities, including security configuration, monitoring, data protection controls, and origin integrations.
Design and maintain security controls protecting web applications, APIs, and other internet-facing services.
Configure and tune managed and custom WAF protections, rate limiting, IP and geographic controls, ACLs, API protections, and custom security rules.
Develop and maintain bot mitigation controls using behavioral analysis, bot scoring, allowlists, denylists, and automated enforcement.
Investigate and mitigate DDoS attacks, credential stuffing, account takeover attempts, scraping, and other application-layer threats.
Analyze traffic, telemetry, and threat intelligence to improve protection while reducing false positives.
Monitor Akamai security telemetry, Splunk, Grafana, and related platforms for threats and anomalies.
Investigate and resolve security incidents and complex platform issues.
Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
Provide technical escalation support for critical security events and production issues.
Partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, networking, and security teams on application onboarding, troubleshooting, and security improvements.
Support integration of security controls into CI/CD and application delivery processes.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Support security automation, audit, compliance, and risk-management initiatives.