- Principal WAF Engineer
- REMOTE - ANYWHERE
6 Months (TEMP TO PERM POSSIBLE FOR RIGHT PERSON)
JOB SUMMARY
- The mission of the individual in this role is to leverage their strong understanding of enterprise-level knowledge and/or expert knowledge to mitigate cyber security risk. They will actively work with the company business, Digital & Technology and other partner organizations (Compliance, Risk Mgmt., Audit, & Legal) to seamlessly integrate security processes, tools, and people into the business culture providing a holistic security ecosystem, driving continuous improvements and seamless protection / monitoring capabilities globally.
- Leads and executes on complex initiatives that drive problem resolution. As a senior member on the team, this individual will work to build a progressive development team with a mindset toward being agile and solving problems iteratively.
- Experience in all skills listed is not necessary to be qualified for the position. If you have relevant similar experience, we still want to talk to you.
- Serve as a customer facing point of contact for the global WAF team
Deploy company WAF standardized rulesets
Work with company application teams to troubleshoot WAF rulesets and applications' interactions with them
Deploy, configure, and maintain cloud native web application firewalls
Create project and implementation plans for team and customer efforts
Create WAF product documentation for internal usage
Provision WAF monitoring and reporting components on a per application basis
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- May lead members of a globally present DevOps team. Shape the direction of the team moving forward. May provide formal supervision to individual employees within single functional or operational area. May recommends staff recruitment, selection, corrective action and termination.
- May prepare and deliver performance appraisal for staff. May mentors and coach team members to further develop competencies. Leads by example and models behaviours that are consistent with the company's values.
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a related field of work
Industry related certifications preferred such as CCSP, CCSS or cloud specific certifications
Demonstrated experience with cloud based WAF in AWS and/or Azure.
Demonstrated experience writing and reviewing business, user, and non-functional/system level requirements
Comfortable dealing with difficult stakeholders and opinionated developers and architects during facilitated sessions and during the development lifecycle
Strong knowledge of system architecture and network applications
5 to 7 years' experience of advanced knowledge in security, application security, and network security.
Ability to positively engaged with the business at all levels
Ability to troubleshoot complex problems, manage and resolve in a timely manner.
Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively.
Strong communication and conceptual skills with desire to share knowledge and cross-train.
Proven ability to meet tight deadlines.
OTHER SKILLS and/or ABILITIES
Familiarity with version control software
Familiarity with pull request style software development
Understanding or experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform
Experience with documentation and project management systems such as Confluence and Jira
Experience writing software in languages such as Python, Ruby, or Golang