• Serve as subject matter expert for enterprise WAF platforms, with primary ownership of Akamai and operational support for Imperva and AWS WAF • Design, deploy, configure, and manage WAF policies protecting web applications and APIs • Tune and optimize security rules to balance threat prevention, performance, and revenue protection • Configure and maintain Akamai security capabilities including Bot Manager, Rate Control, Client Reputation, API Security, and related protections • Monitor and analyze security events, attack traffic, bot activity, and abuse patterns including OWASP Top 10 threats and DDoS attempts • Perform ongoing rule reviews, policy optimization, and false positive reduction • Support production change management processes and ensure stability when implementing WAF updates • Participate in incident response activities related to web-layer and edge-based threats • Develop and report on WAF effectiveness metrics including block accuracy, false positive rate, and attack trends • Maintain documentation of configurations, procedures, and operational standards • Partner with Application Security Team to validate exploitability of identified vulnerabilities • Support secure deployment practices and CI/CD security integrations • Assist development teams in understanding web-layer threats and mitigation strategies • Develop lightweight automation scripts to improve monitoring, validation, and reporting processes • Stay current with emerging web threats and platform updates