Title:  Network Security Engineer-WAAP

Area(s) of responsibility

Skills: Network Security-WAAP

Experience: 6-10 years

Location: (Bangalore Preferred)/ Mumbai/ Pune/ Noida/ Hyderabad/ Chennai

Key Responsibilities

WAAP Responsibilities (Primary Focus)

• Architect, implement, and manage WAAP platforms, including:
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• API Security (discovery, protection, runtime analysis)
• Bot Management
• DDoS Protection (L3–L7)
• Design and deploy WAAP solutions using platforms such as:
• Thales Imperva
• Cloud-native WAFs (Azure, AWS WAF) or equivalent
• Develop and maintain custom WAF rules, security policies, and signatures to protect critical applications.
• Perform false positive tuning, policy optimization, and rule lifecycle management.
• Enable API discovery, schema enforcement, and protection against OWASP API Top 10 threats.
• Integrate WAAP with:
• SIEM/SOAR platforms
• Identity providers
• Threat intelligence feeds
• Collaborate with application teams to:
• Onboard applications into WAAP platforms
• Perform security assessments and risk reviews
• Ensure minimal performance impact while enforcing strong security controls
• Implement protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, RCE, etc.).
• Lead WAAP incident response and root cause analysis for application-layer attacks.
• Define and track application security metrics and KPIs (attack trends, mitigation effectiveness).
• Ensure compliance with security frameworks (CIS, NIST, Zero Trust, data protection standards).

WAAP & Application Security Expertise (Mandatory)

• Strong experience with WAAP platforms (Akamai preferred; Cloud WAF or equivalent accepted).
• Deep understanding of:
• OWASP Top 10 (Web & API)
• Application-layer threats and mitigation techniques
• Hands-on experience in:
• WAF policy creation and tuning
• API security controls (schema validation, authentication enforcement)
• Bot mitigation strategies
• DDoS protection architecture (L3–L7)
• Experience in:
• Traffic analysis (HTTP/HTTPS, TLS inspection)
• Behavioral-based threat detection
• Strong understanding of:
• Secure application architectures (monolith, microservices, APIs)
• DevSecOps integration and CI/CD security controls (nice to have)

Network Security & Infrastructure

• Strong hands-on experience in:
• Firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto, Juniper)
• IDS/IPS, VPN, SIEM
• Expertise in:
• Firewall policy design, NAT, routing, inspection, and threat prevention
• Experience in designing secure:
• Hybrid (on-prem + cloud + internet-facing) environments
• Experience in:
• Proxy architectures (forward/reverse)

Secure internet gateways