Overview
Role: Web Application Firewall (WAF) Specialist
This role focuses on the Cyber Pillar – WAF Remediation Stream, with a dotted-line collaboration to the Cyber Cloud & Application Engineering team.
Responsibilities
Partner with the Project Manager to plan and execute the migration of all applications to WAF Protect Mode within project timelines.
Migrate applications to PulseSecure WAF, beginning in Detect Mode, and subsequently progressing to Protect Mode.
Analyse applications running in Detect Mode, identifying necessary remediations.
Collaborate with Application Development teams to implement remediations across both application code and WAF configurations.
Adhere to Change Management processes to ensure seamless migrations with no service disruption.
Design and implement scalable WAF protection, ensuring new applications are secured by default while optimising performance and minimising management overhead.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for WAF migration and configuration.
Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with the Cloud & Application Engineering team.
Required Skills & Experience
Strong experience in managing and configuring Web Application Firewalls.
Skilled in diagnosing and advising development teams to resolve WAF-related application issues.
Experience identifying and remediating WAF false positives.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
Hands-on experience managing and configuring core networking services within a virtual traffic manager.
Knowledge of using WAF to secure static websites, web applications, and APIs.
Experience applying WAF protection in on-prem, Azure IaaS, and Azure PaaS environments.
Familiarity with protecting applications developed in .
NET and Java.
Understanding of DevSecOps processes and experience with Azure DevOps.
Work Mode:
Remote
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Information Services
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