Manager Edge Security Architect

• Serves as a senior technical contributor supporting application delivery and edge security platforms including F5, A10, WAF, Cloudflare, and Akamai and provides input into platform design resiliency and capacity planning activities.
• Performs hands on engineering tasks including configuration maintenance and operational support of application delivery controllers, WAF, and CDN platforms and assists with onboarding and migration of applications into these platforms.
• Partners with network, security, and application teams to ensure consistent traffic management security controls and operational processes across on prem, cloud, and edge environments.
• Provides technical leadership and mentoring to peers through knowledge sharing documentation and design discussions and stays current with emerging application delivery and edge security technologies.
• Participates in risk based technical decision making related to application delivery and security evaluating impact and severity to protect proprietary personal and privileged electronic data.
• Implements and maintains network and application security best practices including change controls configuration standards documentation WAF, CDN, and load balancer policies and monitoring.
• Troubleshoots complex application delivery, network, and security issues across Layers 1 7 including DNS, TLS, HTTP, and CDN traffic flows and communicates status and resolution clearly to stakeholders.
• Participates in on call rotation responding to high priority incidents within defined SLAs and supports maintenance activities during off hour change windows as required.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation runbooks and audit artifacts and communicates findings recommendations and remediation steps when required.
• Supports internal and external security assessments, audits, and questionnaires by providing technical input evidence and documentation and assists with remediation and corrective actions.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with F5, A10, Cloudflare, Akamai, WAF, AVI, or Citrix in an enterprise environment
• Strong experience with Edge Security, WAF, CDN, and Load Balancers
• Deep knowledge of HTTP, HTTPS, TLS, DNS, Routing, Switching, and Layers 1 7 troubleshooting
• Experience supporting Cloud Native Applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong background in Network Engineering and Information Security
• Experience with Web Application Security and OWASP Top 10 mitigations
• Experience handling production support, high priority incidents, and on-call rotations
• Knowledge of scripting/automation is a plus, * Technical execution and problem solving related to network engineering and information security including load balancers, CDNs, DNS, TLS, firewalls, and web application security.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience supporting application delivery controllers and edge platforms such as F5, A10, AVI, Citrix, WAF, Cloudflare, or Akamai in an enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting cloud native applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP and securing applications using CDN or edge security platforms.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, HTTPS, TLS, DNS, routing, switching, and application security concepts including OWASP Top Ten mitigations.
• Working knowledge of scripting or automation is a plus.

Required AI Skills All contractor resources are expected to demonstrate baseline proficiency in enterprise-approved AI tools as part of their day-to-day responsibilities. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Consistent Use: Maintain a minimum of 90% weekly usage of AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and other GenAI platforms approved by the enterprise.
• Applied Productivity: Leverage AI tools to enhance coding, documentation, data analysis, and decision-making workflows.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with evolving AI capabilities and features, and apply them to improve delivery quality and velocity.