Network Security Specialist - WAF

Delhi, Delhi

Role: Network Security Specialist
Duration: 12+ months
Location: 100% Remote
Description

The role is for an IT Network Security specialist who will be working as part of the Edge Perimeter Security team
Responsible for delivery of layer 7 WAF protections across our critical web services

Responsibilities

Consult with Cybersecurity and application teams to deliver WAF protections for our critical applications.
Deliver on premise configuration across F5, DNS, and routing and switching environments.
Work with vendor Akamai to deliver WAF / BOT protections § Continuous development, implementation of control enhancements.
Troubleshooting and vendor management in case of error in the environment and functionality.
Create documentation for the team which is helpful to do the job.
Ensure that Service Delivery Targets are met for services.
Develop automation capabilities to reduce infrastructure complexity and manual effort.
Collaborate and communicate with business stakeholders and IT teams.
Review of attack mitigations and improvements.
Planning, conception and implementation in case of maintenance activities.
Analyse, support and advise in business

Requirements

Strong experience with the following technologies: – Application Level & Bot Security Protections: Akamai (also known as Akamai Kona or Akamai Kona Site Defender) – Load Balancing: F5 LTM, GTM, ASM – DNS: Qip – Network Layer Security Protections: Radware, Cloud / Akamai – Routing and Switching: Cisco – IPv6 Migrations.
Knowledge and awareness with Security aspects, attacks and mitigations, compliance, vulnerability.
Must have relevant experience working in a large Global Financial organization.
Excellent client-facing communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) are a must.
Rigorous attention to detail, strong organisational skills and able to work to tight deadlines.
Confident working both independently and collaboratively across internal, external and hybrid global teams.
Proactive and passionate mindset with an inquisitive nature to understand the customer’s environment in an approachable manner.
Have the ability to propose alternative solutions to a problem whilst working collaboratively with other team members.
Flexible approach to working hours – after hours support during delivery.
Preferred experience working with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, CI/CD.
Experience working with DevOps tools (e.g. GitHub, Jira, Confluence) preferable.
Beneficial to have a good understanding on external Cloud Service Providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)