Role: Web Application Firewall (WAF) Specialist
Location:
Dublin (Remote) - 6 month contract ASAP start date
This role focuses on the Cyber Pillar – WAF Remediation Stream, with a dotted-line collaboration to the Cyber Cloud & Application Engineering team.
Key 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.
Desirable 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.
Role Details
* Expertise Required:
Web Application Firewall (WAF) – P5 Master level
* Work Mode:
Remote
* Pay Rate:
€359 PAYE / €477 Umbrella