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Akamai with AI Engineer
KPG99 INC
3 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
East New York, New York, United States
Job Title: Akamai with AI Engineer
Job Term: Contract (12 months+)
Location: NYC, NY and Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid) - relocation is ok
Banking and Financial domain.
WAF Onboarding and Application Migration Lead onboarding internet-facing applications to Akamai WAF. Work with applications, DNS, load balancer, proxy, firewall, and QA teams to migrate applications into
monitor/alert mode and ultimately deny mode. WAF Policy Tuning and False Positive Analysis Analyze production traffic and WAF events to identify false positives. Tune security policies to reduce business impact while maintaining strong protection. Review blocked requests, investigate application behavior, and create narrowly scoped exceptions when justified. AI, LLM, and API Security Support Troubleshoot AI- and LLM-related traffic that triggers WAF protections such as SQL injection controls. Work with application teams and vendors to design compensating controls, header-based attestation mechanisms, and API-specific protections. Evaluate emerging Akamai AI security capabilities such as AI-powered detections, Firewall for AI, bot identification, and agentic AI protections. Security Event Monitoring and Threat Analysis Review WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, Client Reputation, and API Security events. Recommend policy improvements and mitigations based on observed threats. Quarterly Security Reviews and Platform Upgrades Conduct structured reviews of applications protected by Akamai. Evaluate opportunities to move applications from monitoring to mitigation mode. Perform quarterly WAF upgrades, policy reviews, and security-control tuning to keep protections aligned with current threat intelligence. Assist with production incidents where application behavior changes after WAF enablement. Investigate latency issues, traffic-routing problems, load-balancer interactions, client IP handling, surge queue events, and application outages. Coordinate with Akamai engineering resources and internal teams to identify root causes and corrective actions Security Architecture and Design Consulting Advise application teams on secure web architectures, OWASP protections, API security, bot mitigation, Provide guidance on best practices for onboarding, secure application design, and remediation of web vulnerabilities Program Management and Stakeholder Engagement Partner with application owners, infrastructure teams, auditors, risk managers, and security leadership. Track onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, and remediation activities through program governance and ticketing systems. Present status updates, metrics, risks, and remediation plans to senior management Measure onboarding progress, control effectiveness, and risk reduction across the organization. Engage Akamai product teams on product defects, enhancement requests, AI roadmap discussions, policy recommendations, and complex troubleshooting. Evaluate new Akamai capabilities and coordinate pilot deployments where appropriate.
Akamai Kona Site Defender · AI/LLM security · Akamai Firewall for AI · Financial services experience
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Job Term: Contract (12 months+)
Location: NYC, NY and Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid) - relocation is ok
Banking and Financial domain.
WAF Onboarding and Application Migration Lead onboarding internet-facing applications to Akamai WAF. Work with applications, DNS, load balancer, proxy, firewall, and QA teams to migrate applications into
monitor/alert mode and ultimately deny mode. WAF Policy Tuning and False Positive Analysis Analyze production traffic and WAF events to identify false positives. Tune security policies to reduce business impact while maintaining strong protection. Review blocked requests, investigate application behavior, and create narrowly scoped exceptions when justified. AI, LLM, and API Security Support Troubleshoot AI- and LLM-related traffic that triggers WAF protections such as SQL injection controls. Work with application teams and vendors to design compensating controls, header-based attestation mechanisms, and API-specific protections. Evaluate emerging Akamai AI security capabilities such as AI-powered detections, Firewall for AI, bot identification, and agentic AI protections. Security Event Monitoring and Threat Analysis Review WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, Client Reputation, and API Security events. Recommend policy improvements and mitigations based on observed threats. Quarterly Security Reviews and Platform Upgrades Conduct structured reviews of applications protected by Akamai. Evaluate opportunities to move applications from monitoring to mitigation mode. Perform quarterly WAF upgrades, policy reviews, and security-control tuning to keep protections aligned with current threat intelligence. Assist with production incidents where application behavior changes after WAF enablement. Investigate latency issues, traffic-routing problems, load-balancer interactions, client IP handling, surge queue events, and application outages. Coordinate with Akamai engineering resources and internal teams to identify root causes and corrective actions Security Architecture and Design Consulting Advise application teams on secure web architectures, OWASP protections, API security, bot mitigation, Provide guidance on best practices for onboarding, secure application design, and remediation of web vulnerabilities Program Management and Stakeholder Engagement Partner with application owners, infrastructure teams, auditors, risk managers, and security leadership. Track onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, and remediation activities through program governance and ticketing systems. Present status updates, metrics, risks, and remediation plans to senior management Measure onboarding progress, control effectiveness, and risk reduction across the organization. Engage Akamai product teams on product defects, enhancement requests, AI roadmap discussions, policy recommendations, and complex troubleshooting. Evaluate new Akamai capabilities and coordinate pilot deployments where appropriate.
Akamai Kona Site Defender · AI/LLM security · Akamai Firewall for AI · Financial services experience
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