Senior WAF Engineer, Autonomous Defense
Core
Senior domain expert defining WAF effectiveness, tuning requirements, and remediation standards for an autonomous defense platform.
Role type
Senior IC security domain expert (WAF)
Builds
Production-safe autonomous pentests and assessment operations
Domain
Cybersecurity, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Cloud Security
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
WAF platform administration and tuning, Web attack behavior analysis, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, Technical writing, SQL, Python scripting
Preferred skills
Experience shaping products as a domain expert, Influence without authority
Technologies
AWS WAF, Cloudflare WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva, Akamai App & API Protector, FortiWeb, ModSecurity, OWASP CRS
Responsibilities
Partner with Product to define buildable WAF requirements, Translate blue team workflows into product outcomes, Define acceptance criteria for detection features, Serve as domain reference for Engineering and AI research, Maintain deep knowledge of WAF rule semantics across platforms, Evaluate remediation output against correctness standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
