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Security Admin (Akamai)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Posted on: 15-04-2025
Job description
P1
C3
TSTS
The Web Application Security team is responsible for deploying and maintaining the Firm's internet facing web application security controls.
The technology and solution stack spans all internet facing web applications of the Institutional Security and Wealth Management Businesses. It consists of home-grown software, 3rd party software, open source products, appliances, and auxiliary services and solutions.
We are looking for a fungible, enthusiastic analyst/technologist with excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills to expand our Web Application Firewall (WAF), Bot Management, CVA protection and API Security Controls team. The successful candidate will help to ensure that perimeter security for web properties keeps pace with the changing threat landscape firmwide. This is an ideal role for someone looking to broaden their application security knowledge in a complex, mission critical, security focused enterprise environment.
Work with and guide global tech functions to onboard internet facing web apps to WAF
Review logs, implement tuning, web blocking etc. for onboarded applications
Mapping of IP addresses FQDNs to services and applications (BA)
Liaising with service owners and or associated teams to gather relevant application data for WAF migration purposes (BA)
Analyzing web behavior and performance to establish acceptable application thresholds SME
Performing policy tuning in accordance with performance baseline SME
Transitioning WAF from transparent to enforcement mode SME
Data cleansing and validation
Participate in proof of concepts for new security capabilities
Change management: Prepare, document, implement and verify changes including communicate changes to end-users and other impacted parties
Incident, Problem management: Conduct Root Cause Analysis RCA, respond to incidents and participate in postmortem analysis
Participate in on-call rotation
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, detail oriented, and well organized
Ability to cultivate strong relationships with application owners, demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
Web Network Security, with a focus on Web Application Firewalls/Controls, and their role in layered Defense in Depth
Experience with Akamai or equivalent platform(s): Radware, Imperva, Shape Security, CloudFlare, etc
Experience with onboarding web services into WAF Akamai, Shape, etc platforms and the lifecycle of monitor to mitigation modes
Periodically assist with vulnerabilities discovered via these platforms
Work with relevant teams to implement best web security practices and assist with enhancing the Firm's security posture. Strong collaboration skills across multiple teams will be required
Understanding of ITIL processes
Qualification

The Web Application Security team is responsible for deploying and maintaining the Firm's internet facing web application security controls.
The technology and solution stack spans all internet facing web applications of the Institutional Security and Wealth Management Businesses. It consists of home-grown software, 3rd party software, open source products, appliances, and auxiliary services and solutions.
We are looking for a fungible, enthusiastic analyst/technologist with excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills to expand our Web Application Firewall (WAF), Bot Management, CVA protection and API Security Controls team. The successful candidate will help to ensure that perimeter security for web properties keeps pace with the changing threat landscape firmwide. This is an ideal role for someone looking to broaden their application security knowledge in a complex, mission critical, security focused enterprise environment.
Work with and guide global tech functions to onboard internet facing web apps to WAF
Review logs, implement tuning, web blocking etc. for onboarded applications
Mapping of IP addresses FQDNs to services and applications (BA)
Liaising with service owners and or associated teams to gather relevant application data for WAF migration purposes (BA)
Analyzing web behavior and performance to establish acceptable application thresholds SME
Performing policy tuning in accordance with performance baseline SME
Transitioning WAF from transparent to enforcement mode SME
Data cleansing and validation
Participate in proof of concepts for new security capabilities
Change management: Prepare, document, implement and verify changes including communicate changes to end-users and other impacted parties
Incident, Problem management: Conduct Root Cause Analysis RCA, respond to incidents and participate in postmortem analysis
Participate in on-call rotation
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, detail oriented, and well organized
Ability to cultivate strong relationships with application owners, demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
Web Network Security, with a focus on Web Application Firewalls/Controls, and their role in layered Defense in Depth
Experience with Akamai or equivalent platform(s): Radware, Imperva, Shape Security, CloudFlare, etc
Experience with onboarding web services into WAF Akamai, Shape, etc platforms and the lifecycle of monitor to mitigation modes
Periodically assist with vulnerabilities discovered via these platforms
Work with relevant teams to implement best web security practices and assist with enhancing the Firm's security posture. Strong collaboration skills across multiple teams will be required
Understanding of ITIL processes

 Key job details

Primary Location
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Job Type
Experienced
Primary Skills
API Security, Bot Lifecycle Management, WAFs
Years of Experience
6
Travel
No
Job Posting
15/04/2025

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