Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer

About the Role: Genpact is urgently looking for a strong Consultant for one of our precious clients in USA. If you are interested kindly share profile to manoharswamy.p@genpact.com

Candidates must possess strong hands-on Akamai experience and be capable of independently implementing configurations within the Akamai portal., * 5+ years of hands-on Akamai engineering experience \n

• Demonstrated experience configuring Akamai services directly within the Akamai portal, * 5+ years of Application Security, Network Security, or Internet-facing Application Engineering

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1. Independently configure and manage Akamai platform services, including CDN onboarding, Property Manager configurations, WAF policies, security controls, and origin protection mechanisms. \n

2. Execute origin lockdown activities by implementing Akamai-based controls that restrict direct access to backend application infrastructure. \n

3. Configure, test, and validate Akamai security capabilities, including WAF, Bot Management, API Protection, Edge Security, TLS, and traffic-routing configurations. \n

4. Support application onboarding to the Akamai Edge platform and drive implementation through production deployment. \n

5. Troubleshoot Akamai, networking, DNS, TLS, and application connectivity issues during onboarding and cutover events. \n

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Application Security & Risk Reduction

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1. Assess publicly exposed origins and implement remediation strategies to reduce internet-facing attack surface. \n

2. Validate application security posture following onboarding and security control implementation. \n

3. Assist with deployment and tuning of WAF protections, API security controls, and threat mitigation capabilities. \n

4. Partner with Application Security teams to ensure onboarding aligns with enterprise security requirements. \n

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Application Migration & Release Coordination

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1. Coordinate application releases, cutovers, testing, rollback planning, and production support activities. \n

2. Engage application owners and technical teams throughout the onboarding lifecycle. \n

3. Validate application functionality before and after Akamai migration. \n

4. Support operational readiness activities and post-production stabilization. \n

5. Track onboarding progress, remediation activities, risk reduction metrics, and implementation status. \n

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Cross-Functional Collaboration

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1. Coordinate with Networking, DNS, F5, CDN, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, and Application Security teams. \n

2. Provide technical guidance to application teams regarding Akamai onboarding patterns and origin protection requirements. \n

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