Web Application Firewall Engineer

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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