Akamai Security Engineer & Senior Akamai Security Engineer (Contract)
Knutsford Hybrid - 3 days onsite 2 remote
Senior: £620 per day
Engineer: £490 per day
Until 30/11/2026
INSIDE IR35
Our client is looking for an Akamai Security Engineer and a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large-scale, high-traffic digital platforms.
These are key engineering roles focused on strengthening web security, enhancing performance, and embedding best-practice Akamai configurations into global environments.
Key Responsibilities
Engineer
Configure & maintain Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN)
Support implementation of rulesets, policies & routing configs
Monitor traffic, identify threats & assist in incident response
Tune WAF & bot rules to reduce false positives
Assist with CDN configuration, caching & performance tuning
Manage certificates, redirects, and Akamai property updates
Collaborate with application teams for secure deployments
Produce documentation & support continuous improvement
Senior EngineerArchitect, configure & optimise Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN)
Lead end-to-end policy and ruleset implementation
Conduct threat analysis, log revie...