Web Application Firewall Engineer

 

Recruiter:

Persona Staff

Job Ref:

CPT001666/MS

Date posted:

Friday, April 16, 2021

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

Neg


SUMMARY:
My client in the Northern Suburbs is looking to employ a Web Application Firewall Engineer. Joining our Abuse Mitigation team, you will put your skill, experience, and innovative energy into making the Web a safer place for our growing Web hosting customer base.

POSITION INFO:

We are looking to evolve our current WAF architecture into one which gives our customers increased peace of mind about their website, helping them to focus on their core business.

Responsibilities:

  • In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders, understand the needs of the customer to deliver innovative, robust website security solutions
  • Build and design tooling to support and evolve our Trust & Safety team, e.g. dashboards, scripts, and automation
  • Trend monitoring, analysis, and development of mitigation strategies for website vulnerabilities
  • ModSecurity Rules for managing web application vulnerabilities
  • False-positive detections and patching

You will have a passion for:

  • High quality and standards - you get the false economy of interim solutions
  • Technology to serve operational and client requirements
  • System engineering and open source technologies and mindset
  • Optimal systems and simple procedures
  • Self-organising and purpose-driven team environments
  • Transparency, candid feedback and sharing ideas and innovation
  • Learning rapidly and at times independently

Skills and qualifications:

  • 5+ years Linux system administration experience, in mission-critical environments
  • A proven track record in the WAF arena using open source technologies to engineer innovative solutions
  • Debian Linux administration experience
  • A degree or diploma in Computer Science and/or Cyber Security
  • Experience working within large scale operations
  • Currently subscribed to malware and Internet abuse mitigation mailing lists
  • Experience with anti-spam solutions and spam mitigation

 

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Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive feedback within 48 hours, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

 



 

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