Job Title: Senior Akamai Edge Security Engineer Location: Remote (U.S.) Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099) About the Opportunity: ZipStaff is seeking a Senior Akamai Edge Security Engineer for the enterprise edge and application-security platform at a major healthcare and pharmacy organization.

You will design, run, and harden Akamai and Imperva protections for internet-facing apps, APIs, and digital services—WAF, bot management, DDoS, CDN, DNS, and certificates—plus security automation. This is a 6-month contract. Recruit to the end date. Rotating on-call is about one week every six weeks.

What You’ll Do: Administer and tune Akamai: Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager Premier, Adaptive Security Engine, Account Protector, Client Reputation, DDoS, related edge services. Lead Imperva Website Security: onboarding, policy, monitoring, data-protection/privacy controls, origin integrations. Design and maintain controls for apps, APIs, websites, and digital services across cloud, on-prem, and colo.

Optimize WAF: API constraints, rate limits, IP/geo restrictions, ACLs, custom rules, Slow POST, browser controls. Run bot mitigation (behavior, scoring, allow/deny, automated enforcement). Monitor and respond to DDoS, credential stuffing, account takeover, scraping, and app-layer attacks. Support Property Manager, GTM, Cloudlets, SiteShield, Akamai DNS, CDN/caching, origin offload, traffic steering.

Administer CPS / SSL-TLS lifecycle, SAN renewals, mTLS. Integrate security into SDLC and CI/CD; Security-as-Code and IaC. Automate with Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, C/C++, Shell, or PowerShell. Monitor Akamai Event/Control Center, Splunk, Grafana, and cloud-native tools. On-call for critical incidents, emergency changes, and production deploys.

Act as SME for application, cloud, and edge security; support audit and compliance. Required

Qualifications

: Bachelor’s in a technical field or equivalent experience. 5+ years implementing and supporting enterprise security technologies. 5+ years web application security, CDN, or edge security platforms. Hands-on Akamai security or a comparable WAF/CDN platform (Imperva, Cloudflare, or equivalent—Akamai strongly preferred).

Working knowledge of WAF, bot management, DDoS, HTTP/S, TCP/IP, DNS, GTM, SSL/TLS, certificates, API security, OWASP Top 10, Linux and Windows, CDN operations. Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, and Security-as-Code. Scripting or programming in at least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, C/C++, Shell, PowerShell. Data-protection / GDPR / CCPA familiarity.

Able to analyze traffic logs, spot attack patterns, and ship countermeasures. Comfortable with a 6-month assignment and rotating on-call (~1 week in 6). U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (no sponsorship now or in the future).

Preferred Qualifications

: Deep Akamai: Property Manager, GTM, Cloudlets, SiteShield, CPS, Adaptive Security Engine, Account Protector, Client Reputation, Bot Manager Premier. Secure public-cloud design on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Splunk, Grafana, SIEM / observability. DevSecOps and CI/CD security integrations. PCI-DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, or CSA. Snowflake / data-platform security. Large-scale internet-facing apps and APIs.

Healthcare or regulated-industry edge security. About ZipStaff ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.

To apply, submit your resume highlighting Akamai (or equivalent WAF/CDN) administration, bot/DDoS/WAF tuning you owned, and any automation or IaC around those platforms. State U.S. citizenship or Green Card status.