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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Network Security Engineer - **Company:** Global Payments Inc. - **Location:** Columbus, GA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Proxy Servers, Application Firewall, Cloud Computing, CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DDoS Mitigation, Network Address Translation, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Routing, Open Web Application Security, Akamai, Runbook, Security Information and Event Management, TCP/IP, Traffic Analysis, Load Balancing, Software Security, Rate Limiting, Git, Information Technology, Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare, Restful APIs, Terraform, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response - **Published:** October 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18784441/Network-Security-Engineer-Georgia-Columbus ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, networking, or a related field-or equivalent practical experience. * 3-5 years of experience in network security, application security, edge security, security operations, infrastructure engineering, ora relatedrole. * Hands-on experience supporting WAF or application protection technologies, preferably Akamai, Cloudflare, or a comparable WAF/CDN platform. * Experience with application onboarding, policy implementation, traffic analysis, rule tuning, exception handling, troubleshooting, and false-positive reduction. * Working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP/S, TLS and certificates, DNS, proxies, load balancing, NAT, routing, and CDN or edge security concepts. * Ability to analyze logs, HTTP transactions, application behavior, and security events to investigate and resolve technical issues. * Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work across distributed teams, follow change-management processes, andparticipatein a rotating on-call schedule. It'sa bonus if you have * Experience with Akamai or Cloudflareapplication, API, or bot protection capabilities. * Familiarity with Terraform, Python, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD pipelines, or other security automation tools. * Experience with SIEM platforms, dashboards, alerts, or reporting for WAF and edge security events. * Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10, API abuse, credential attacks, automated threats, or application-layer denial-of-service patterns. * Exposure to SASE, secure web gateways, Zscaler, Prisma Access, Palo Alto, F5 Distributed Cloud, DDoS protection, or load-balancing technologies. * Experience in a regulated orhighly availableenterprise environment, ora relevantcertification such as Security+, CCNA, Akamai, Cloudflare, GIAC, Palo Alto, or Zscaler. ## Description This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future. Candidates must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder This position is hybrid 3 days per week in either our Cincinnati, OH, Alpharetta, GA or Columbus, GA office Ready to take your careerglobal? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments.We'relooking for a Network Security Engineer to join our ever-evolving Edge & Network Security team and help us unleash the potential of every business. In this role,you'llhelpoperate, strengthen, and continuously improve our web applicationfirewall, edge security, and application protection platforms across a global enterprise environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused primarily on web application firewalls, edge security, application-layer controls, bot mitigation, API protection, and traffic inspection. Our core platforms include Akamai and Cloudflare technologies, including WAF policies, managed and custom rules, bot protection, rate limiting, API security, security analytics, and edge traffic protection. You'llsupport business-critical applications and services while working with experienced engineers and partner teams.You'llhelp onboard applications, implement and tune security controls, investigate false positives, troubleshoot application access issues, and improve the reliability and effectiveness of our security services. This is an engineering-first role, with approximately 80% of the time focused on implementation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting, and operational improvement, and approximately 20% supporting incident mitigation and response. On-Call Expectations:Participatein a rotating on-call schedule for incidents affecting WAF, edge security, application protection, or related network security services. You'llperform initial investigation and mitigation, engage senior engineers and other support teams when needed, and contribute to post-incident reviews and corrective actions.You'llalsoparticipatein readiness exercises, operational reviews, and resilience improvements for critical edge and application security services. On-Call Schedule: Weekdays:10am-10pm ET(rotates between4 colleagues) Weekends:10pmFriday- 10pmSundayET(rotatesbetween7colleagues) Whatyou'llown * Support the operation and continuous improvement of WAF and edge security platforms, with a focus on application, API, and bot protection. * Configure andtuneAkamai, Cloudflare, or similar platforms, including WAF policies, managed and custom rules, rate limiting, bot controls, and security analytics. * Onboard internet-facing applications and implementappropriate protections, exceptions, and allow/block controls. * Analyze traffic, logs, and security events toidentifythreats, configuration issues, false positives, and policy improvement opportunities. * Troubleshoot WAF blocks, application access, TLS/certificate, DNS, proxy, and other edge security issues. * Implement andvalidatechanges using established testing, peer-review, rollback, and change-management processes. * Support incident response,maintainoperational documentation and runbooks, and collaborate with application, security, network, infrastructure, and vendor teams.