Senior WAF Engineer

Job Description Summary:

We are seeking a Senior WAF Engineer with 7+ years of experience in securing web applications and APIs using Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and edge security controls. The ideal candidate will have at least 3+ years of hands-on experience with Imperva (preferred) or Cloudflare. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of WAF policies, including rule tuning, deployment automation, and real-time response to security threats such as OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, bot attacks, and Layer 7 DDoS incidents. You will collaborate closely with DevOps, SRE, and application development teams to enhance security posture while ensuring minimal false positives and maintaining optimal application performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage WAF policies for web applications and APIs across environments (dev/stage/prod).
• Configure and tune managed rules and custom rules to mitigate OWASP Top 10 (SQLi, XSS, CSRF, RCE, LFI/RFI, SSRF, etc.).
• Perform rule tuning and false-positive reduction using traffic baselining, exception handling, and staged enforcement (monitor → challenge → block).
• Implement rate limiting, IP reputation, geo/ASN controls, and bot mitigation strategies to reduce abuse and credential stuffing.

We Need:

• 7+ years experience in WAF engineering and Implementation.
• Hands-on experience with at least one WAF platform: Imperva(preferred), Akamai, ModSecurity, AWS WAF, Azure WAF, Cloudflare, F5 ASM/Advanced WAF,
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, web app architecture, REST APIs, and common attack patterns.
• Proven experience tuning WAF rules and balancing security vs. false positives.
• Experience with logging/monitoring and SIEM integrations.
• Scripting/automation skills: Powershell/Python/Bash (plus regex and JSON/YAML).
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
• Good troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with bot management and advanced detection techniques (behavioral, fingerprinting where supported).

Experience with API gateways and API security controls (schema validation, auth hardening).

Working knowledge of cloud networking/CDN/reverse proxy concepts.

Security certifications: AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, CCSP, CEH, Security+ (nice to have).

Tools & Technologies

WAF (AWS/Azure/Cloudflare/F5/Imperva), CDN, TLS, SIEM (Splunk/Sentinel), Terraform, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), Python, Linux, Git.