Network Security Engineer

About this role

Job Description This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future. Candidates must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder 

This position is hybrid 3 days per week in  the following office locations:   Cincinnati,   OH or Atlanta, GA

Ready to take your career   global? 

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments.   We’re   looking for a Network Security Engineer to join our ever-evolving Edge & Network Security team and help us unleash the potential of every business.  

In this role,   you’ll   help   operate , strengthen, and continuously improve our web application   firewall, edge security, and application protection platforms across a global enterprise environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused primarily on web application firewalls, edge security, application-layer controls, bot mitigation, API protection, and traffic inspection.  

Our core platforms include Akamai and Cloudflare technologies, including WAF policies, managed and custom rules, bot protection, rate limiting, API security, security analytics, and edge traffic protection.  

You’ll   support business-critical applications and services while working with experienced engineers and partner teams.   You’ll   help onboard applications, implement and tune security controls, investigate false positives, troubleshoot application access issues, and improve the reliability and effectiveness of our security services.  

This is an engineering-first role, with approximately 80% of the time focused on implementation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting, and operational improvement, and approximately 20% supporting incident mitigation and response.   

On-Call Expectations:  Participate   in a rotating on-call schedule for incidents affecting WAF, edge security, application protection, or related network security services.  

You’ll   perform initial investigation and mitigation, engage senior engineers and other support teams when needed, and contribute to post-incident reviews and corrective actions.   You’ll   also   participate   in readiness exercises, operational reviews, and resilience improvements for critical edge and application security services.   

On-Call Schedule: 

Wee k days:   10   am   –   10   pm ET   ( rotate s between   4 colleagues)  

Wee kend s :   10   pm   Friday   – 10   pm   S un day   ET   (rotates   between   7   colleagues)  

What   you’ll   own  

• Support the operation and continuous improvement of WAF and edge security platforms, with a focus on application, API, and bot protection.  

• Configure and   tune   Akamai, Cloudflare, or similar platforms, including WAF policies, managed and custom rules, rate limiting, bot controls, and security analytics.  

• Onboard internet-facing applications and implement   appropriate protections, exceptions, and allow/block controls.  

• Analyze traffic, logs, and security events to   identify   threats, configuration issues, false positives, and policy improvement opportunities.  

• Troubleshoot WAF blocks, application access, TLS/certificate, DNS, proxy, and other edge security issues.  

• Implement and   validate   changes using established testing, peer-review, rollback, and change-management processes.  

• Support incident response,   maintain   operational documentation and runbooks, and collaborate with application, security, network, infrastructure, and vendor teams.    

What   you’ll   bring  

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, networking, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.  

• 3–5 years of experience in network security, application security, edge security, security operations, infrastructure engineering, or   a related   role.  

• Hands-on experience supporting WAF or application protection technologies, preferably Akamai, Cloudflare, or a comparable WAF/CDN platform.  

• Experience with application onboarding, policy implementation, traffic analysis, rule tuning, exception handling, troubleshooting, and false-positive reduction.  

• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP/S, TLS and certificates, DNS, proxies, load balancing, NAT, routing, and CDN or edge security concepts.  

• Ability to analyze logs, HTTP transactions, application behavior, and security events to investigate and resolve technical issues.  

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work across distributed teams, follow change-management processes, and   participate   in a rotating on-call schedule.  

It’s   a bonus if you have  

• Experience with Akamai or Cloudflare   application, API, or bot protection capabilities.  

• Familiarity with Terraform, Python, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD pipelines, or other security automation tools.  

• Experience with SIEM platforms, dashboards, alerts, or reporting for WAF and edge security events.  

• Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10, API abuse, credential attacks, automated threats, or application-layer denial-of-service patterns.  

• Exposure to SASE, secure web gateways, Zscaler, Prisma Access, Palo Alto, F5 Distributed Cloud, DDoS protection, or load-balancing technologies.  

• Experience in a regulated or   highly available   enterprise environment, or   a relevant   certification such as Security+, CCNA, Akamai, Cloudflare, GIAC, Palo Alto, or Zscaler.  

About the team  

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day.   We’re   proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections –   it’s   unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.   

What makes a   Globalpayer ?  

Globalpayers   think like a client, act like an   owner   and win as one team.   We’re   curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and   it’s   our passion that drives excellence in everythin

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