Application Security Engineer (WAF / Edge Security)

AI overview

Conduct WAF and edge security updates across multiple business units while developing governance artifacts and supporting compliance checks.

Mid/Senior Software Engineer

Important Information

  • Experience: +5 years
  • Job Mode: Full-time
  • Work Mode: Remote
  • ID:19755

 

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct an inventory of domains, endpoints, and associated WAF/CDN configurations across multiple business units.
  • Assess current-state WAF, bot management, and rate‑limiting policies; identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks.
  • Implement and tune WAF rules, rate‑limiting policies, bot‑management protections, and related edge‑security controls.
  • Develop governance artifacts including runbooks, onboarding processes, configuration standards, and monitoring guidelines.
  • Collaborate with platform teams and client engineering teams to deploy updates and ensure alignment with business operating hours.
  • Support ongoing perimeter hygiene, compliance checks, and policy drift remediation.

Required Experience

  • Hands-on experience with Cloudflare, Fastly, or similar WAF/CDN platforms.
  • Familiarity with perimeter security concepts (rate limiting, geo restrictions, bot management, edge logging/monitoring).
  • Ability to analyze and document complex distributed environments.
  • Strong understanding of secure application and API environments.
  • Solid communication skills and comfort working directly with technical and leadership stakeholders.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with governance frameworks, compliance, or security operations.
  • Knowledge of AWS/Azure edge and security tools.
  • Ability to create automation or scripts to support configuration consistency.

Location
Nearshore (LATAM); alignment to U.S. business hours required.

 

Encora specializes in delivering customized software engineering solutions and digital product development services to fast-growing technology firms, leveraging advanced technologies to foster innovation and growth across various industries.

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