Application security engineer
Core
Monitor, analyze, and mitigate malicious bot activity; configure and maintain Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and traffic routing strategies for enterprise web applications.
Role type
Application security engineer (bot detection and traffic routing)
Builds
Secure, high-availability web traffic delivery for enterprise applications
Domain
Web application security, bot mitigation, traffic management
Required skills
Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration, HTTP/HTTPS protocol analysis, log analysis, OWASP Top 10 knowledge, incident investigation, traffic routing strategy design
Preferred skills
F5 load balancer management, AWS cloud networking, Akamai CDN configuration, bot management, DNS and domain management, scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), security certifications (Security+, AWS Security Specialty, GIAC)
