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# Associate Application Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer

- **Company:** iTek People Inc
- **Location:** Austin, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Open Web Application Security, Systems Development Life Cycle, Akamai, Reverse Proxy, Software Deployment, SSL Certificate Management, Transport Layer Security, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Software Security, Kubernetes, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a8967809-a71d-4e07-9dde-0316bf88d933

## About the Role

* Hands-on Akamai Platform experience
 * Akamai Property Manager
 * Akamai CDN application onboarding
 * Akamai WAF and Edge Security fundamentals
 * Akamai configuration deployment and validation
 * Origin Lockdown
 * TLS/SSL certificate management
 * Troubleshooting Akamai, DNS, TLS and application connectivity issues
 * Experience making configuration changes directly within the Akamai portal
 * Akamai production deployment/support experience

## Description

* Akamai API Security, Bot Manager, Edge DNS
 * Akamai Application & API Protector (AAP)
 * Akamai APIs / Terraform Provider
 * Imperva-to-Akamai migration
 * DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, CDN and reverse proxy
 * Load balancing / F5
 * OWASP Top 10, API Security, Secure SDLC
 * AWS/Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, API Gateway
 * Python, REST APIs, GitHub, Terraform, CI/CD
 * Production support, change management and incident response, * Perform application onboarding within the Akamai platform.
 * Configure and maintain Akamai Property Manager configurations.
 * Implement WAF protections and Edge Security controls.
 * Support Origin Lockdown and origin protection initiatives.
 * Perform configuration testing, validation and production deployments.
 * Troubleshoot Akamai, DNS, TLS and application connectivity issues.
 * Support WAF rule deployment, monitoring and security validation.
 * Participate in production releases, cutovers and rollback activities.
 * Support post-deployment monitoring and stabilization.
 * Collaborate with Application Security, Networking, DNS, CDN, Infrastructure and Application teams.
 * Document onboarding procedures and operational processes.