NP Group Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Web Application Specialist
NP Group Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Location: Hybrid (On site in Sheffield / Birmingham or Edinburgh 3 days a week)
Rate: Negotiable depending on experience (deemed inside IR35)
Reference: 19543
You will be a Akamai WAF tuning specialists with in-depth Akamai expertise.
Immediate contract for experienced Akamai WAF engineers to help augment the internal Efficacy and Security Engineering teams with hands-on consultancy focused on WAF tuning and efficacy testing across Akamai, F5 and cloud-native WAFs (covering at least two out of three major CSPs: AWS, Azure, GCP). A focus on tuning rules, analysing data, reducing false positives, and validating control efficacy in production-like conditions.
Scope Includes:
* Hands-on tuning experience with Akamai.
* Custom rule creation, OWASP rule tuning (especially for F5), false positive reduction.
* Log analysis and data-driven tuning based on real traffic.
* Support for cloud-native WAF tuning (all three Cloud providers) -not deployment or infra setup.
* Efficacy testing in partnership with the internal team - recommend adjustments based on findings.
* Well-rounded profiles with real-world exposure -not theoretical or solely vendor-trained.
* Prior experience in professional services engagements or consulting.
* Familiarity with at least one cloud provider in real operational environments.
* Strong soft skills -happy to learn above and beyond the role - initiative-taking, collaborative, and able to communicate tuning rationale.
Need to complete background check prior to commencement of contract
Must be eligible to work in the UK for duration of the project.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology
* Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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