Azure Firewall/Akamai WAF Engineer

4 weeks ago

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States Softworld, a Kelly Company Full time

Job Title: Azure Firewall/Akamai WAF Engineer

Location: REMOTE but prefer VA/MD area

Duration : 6-12 months contract to hire.

** Must be US citizen and obtain a public trust clearance**

Onsite Requirements:

  • Akamai Web Application Firewall
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Network Security

Job Description:

  • Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Azure Firewall and Akamai Web Application Firewall (WAF) Engineer supporting our HHS HRSA customer.
  • Engineer, test, and implement firewall and WAF solutions using a combination of Azure and Akamai technologies.
  • Work with a cross-functional team of engineers and subject matter experts designing solutions and integrating firewalls, WAF, NAT, Azure Load Balancers, TIC 3.0 cloud infrastructure with the Cloud-based SASE Load Balancers.
  • Help the customer achieve their goal of reducing their reliance on on-premises Citrix NetScaler.
  • Ensure customer networked traffic is safe and secure from threats.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

  • Bachelor's degree in a related STEM field.
  • 5+ years of related experience with Azure Firewalls and WAF Technologies (preferably Akamai).
  • 3+ years of experience in large-scale enterprise Azure Organization.
  • Strong understanding of firewalls (stateless, stateful, next-gen firewalls).
  • Ability to configure firewall (hardware and software-based), including rules, policies, and access control lists.
  • Defining security policies for inbound and outbound traffic.
  • Filtering traffic based upon IP, port, protocol, and advanced filtering using application-level characteristics.
  • Hands-On experience in setting up, configuring, and maintaining WAF solutions such as Azure Application Gateway, Cloudflare, Akamai WAF, or Mod Security.
  • Understanding of OWASP top 10 threats, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and cross-site forgery (CSRF), and how to set up WAFs to protect against those threats.
  • Custom rule creation for WAF rules to mitigate specific application vulnerabilities.
  • Proficient in inspecting traffic, detecting anomalies, and tuning WAFs to reduce false positives.
  • Strong understanding of networking protocols (IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP, DNS, SSL/TLS) and how they are used in firewalls and WAFs to secure traffic.
  • Familiarity with VPNs and Secure Tunnels, IPSec, SSL, and other tunneling protocols.
  • Knowledgeable in load-balancing and ensuring firewall and WAF redundancy for high-availability (HA). Customers currently use Citrix NetScaler.
  • Ability to understand threat intelligence, the latest threat landscapes, attack vectors, and how to secure systems accordingly.
  • Ability to respond to security incidents involving firewall breaches or WAF vulnerabilities, including post-event analysis and mitigation.
  • Familiar with securing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) using cloud-native firewalls and WAF solutions.
  • Familiar with cloud-native WAFs and Firewalls, such as Azure Firewall, WAF, Azure Network Security Groups (NSG), Palo Alto Cloud NGFW for Azure, and Azure Application Gateway.
  • Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks such as rules updating and/or log parsing.
  • Familiar with automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet for automating firewall and WAF deployments and management.
  • Ability to parse and analyze firewall and WAF logs to detect security incidents and optimize security posture.
  • Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools (such as Splunk) for aggregating and analyzing logs from firewalls and WAFs.
  • Ability to analyze traffic flows and identify anomalies or performance issues.
  • Knowledgeable in security frameworks and standards (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR) and how firewalls and WAFs ensure compliance.
  • Understanding of best practices for securing web applications, network perimeters, and internal communications.
  • Ability to fine-tune firewalls and WAFs to ensure they don't create bottlenecks while still providing effective security.
  • Knowledge of controlling traffic volume to prevent denial-of-service attacks and maintaining system performance (traffic shaping).
  • Strong analytic skills for diagnosing and resolving complex firewall and WAF related issues.
  • Root-cause analysis of network security breaches or web application vulnerabilities.
  • Effective team player and collaborator.
  • Ability to document firewall and WAF configurations, changes, and security incidents for internal records and auditing.
  • Provide technical support in Change Management processes that directly impact production environments with regards to Firewall and WAF configuration changes.
  • Provide training to the government, and their successors, on details of the migration process, administration, maintenance, support, and operational use of the solution.
  • Works with Program and Project Management throughout the contract period.
  • Participates in special projects, as needed.
  • Resolve technical O&M problems that occur and on-call support for non-business hours.
  • Provide Weekly and on-demand Status Reports on work performed.

Desired Skills:

  • Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Confluence, ServiceNow, Trello, JIRA, and MS Teams.
  • Actively certified in Azure, Akamai, or similar.
  • Experience with SCRUM and Kanban Agile Methodologies.
  • Experience with any HHS agencies or entities.
  • Demonstrated strong technical skills and analytic abilities, as well as experience performing system security analysis and risk management.
  • Demonstrated experience performing complex technical tasks with minimal direction.
  • Demonstrated experience in translating an understanding of systems and applications into test plans and performing hands-on testing.
  • Possesses experience with communicating and presenting to leadership and decision-makers.
  • Possess a broad knowledge of Firewall and WAF best practices, policies, and guidance.
    • ** 3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership in this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.
    • This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future.
    • This client is a US Federal Government contractor and is legally required to hire US Citizens. US Citizens will only be considered for this role.
    • Due to the nature of the work, a United States Government Clearance is required to be eligible for the position. **

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