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# Security Engineer

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** Surrey, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £156,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Layers, Cyber Security, Monitoring of Systems, Open Web Application Security, Performance Tuning, Akamai, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Security, Patch Management, Restful APIs, Qualys
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-073B632FFF4D0C569C/

## About the Role

* Strong Cyber Security background with hands on security engineering experience.
 * Proven experience administering Akamai WAAP.
 * Strong knowledge of WAF policy tuning, API security controls and application onboarding.
 * Good understanding of OWASP Top 10 and OWASP API Security Top 10.
 * Knowledge of HTTP/S, REST APIs and application layer attack mitigation.
 * Experience with vulnerability management, Qualys and attack surface monitoring tools.
 * Understanding of patch management and vulnerability remediation.
 * Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

## Description

We're supporting a major organisation looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join its growing security team.

You'll play a key role in protecting customer facing applications, APIs and Internet facing services, taking ownership of web and API security controls while helping to strengthen the organisation's overall security posture., * Manage and optimise Akamai WAAP configurations, WAF policies, security rules and exceptions.

 * Tune controls to improve protection and reduce false positives.
 * Identify vulnerabilities and drive remediation activities.
 * Support the wider cyber security strategy and security improvement initiatives.
 * Work closely with Security Engineering, SOC, Architecture and Infrastructure teams.
 * Present security recommendations to technical and senior stakeholders.
 * Support audit and compliance activities, including remediation of audit findings.
 * Contribute to security projects from design through to implementation.


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