Senior WAF Security Engineer implementing and maintaining WAF and DDoS solutions at Warner Bros. Discovery. Collaborating with teams to enhance edge security across applications and services.
Responsibilities
Implement, configure, and maintain enterprise-grade WAF and DDoS protections across a large portfolio of properties
Develop and fine-tune custom firewall rules, bot mitigation controls, and DDoS mitigation security policies
Perform log analysis to identify malicious traffic patterns, false positives, and opportunities for tuning
Contribute to automation efforts (infrastructure as code, CI/CD integrations, scripts) to deploy and maintain security configurations
Identify security vulnerabilities and guide developers and engineers in addressing these issues
Participate in on-call rotation as a subject matter expert for WAF/DDoS incident response
Partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to integrate WAF/Edge security controls into applications and services
Provide technical guidance on perimeter security best practices within SDLC and cloud-native environments
Research and stay current on the latest attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and exploits affecting web and API applications
Recommend and implement improvements to strengthen defenses across the edge/perimeter layer.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent work experience
5+ years of experience in application or network security with direct hands-on work in WAF/DDoS solutions
Detailed understanding of the threats faced directly to consumer and digital platform organizations
Proven expertise with at least one major WAF platform (Akamai, Fastly NGWAF, AWS WAF, Azure, or similar)
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