Senior Application Delivery & Edge Security Engineer (Remote)
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Job Summary
Job Description: (REMOTE)Senior Application Delivery & Edge Security Engineer
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Application Delivery & Edge Security Engineer to serve as a senior technical contributor supporting application delivery and edge security platforms including F5 A10 WAF Cloudflare and Akamai. The role will provide engineering support platform design input resiliency recommendations and capacity planning guidance across enterprise application delivery environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on engineering tasks including configuration maintenance and operational support of application delivery controllers WAF and CDN platforms.
- Support onboarding and migration of applications into application delivery WAF CDN and edge security platforms.
- Partner with network security and application teams to ensure consistent traffic management security controls and operational processes across on-premises cloud and edge environments.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to peers through knowledge sharing documentation runbooks and design discussions.
- Contribute to risk-based technical decision-making related to application delivery and security evaluating impact and severity to protect proprietary personal and privileged electronic data.
- Implement and maintain network and application security best practices including change controls configuration standards WAF/CDN/load balancer policies monitoring and documentation.
- Troubleshoot complex application delivery network and security issues across Layers 1 through 7 including DNS TLS HTTP and CDN traffic flows.
- Communicate incident status root cause resolution details findings recommendations and remediation steps clearly to stakeholders.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to high-priority incidents within defined SLAs and support maintenance activities during off-hour change windows as required.
- Create and maintain technical documentation operational runbooks topology references audit artifacts and supporting evidence for security assessments.
- Support internal and external security assessments audits and questionnaires by providing technical input documentation evidence and remediation assistance.
- Stay current with emerging application delivery CDN WAF cloud automation and edge security technologies.
Focus Area
Technical execution and problem-solving related to network engineering and information security with emphasis on load balancers CDNs DNS TLS firewalls web application security WAF policies CDN security controls and enterprise-grade application delivery platforms.
Basic Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience supporting application delivery controllers and edge platforms such as F5 A10 AVI Citrix WAF Cloudflare or Akamai in an enterprise environment.
- Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS Azure or GCP.
- Experience securing applications using CDN WAF or edge security platforms.
- Strong understanding of HTTP HTTPS TLS DNS routing switching and application security concepts.
- Knowledge of OWASP Top Ten risks and related mitigation approaches.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex application delivery network and security issues across enterprise environments.
- Working knowledge of scripting automation or infrastructure automation tools is preferred.
Preferred Skills
- Hands-on experience with F5 LTM GTM/DNS ASM/AWAF SSLO A10 AVI Citrix ADC Cloudflare Akamai or similar platforms.
- Experience with WAF rule tuning CDN configuration TLS certificate management traffic steering and application onboarding.
- Familiarity with cloud security controls CDN security DDoS protection bot protection and API security concepts.
- Experience with scripting or automation using Python PowerShell Ansible Terraform Jenkins Chef Puppet or similar tools.
- Strong documentation stakeholder communication incident management and operational support skills.
Required AI Skills
- Demonstrate baseline proficiency in enterprise-approved AI tools as part of day-to-day responsibilities.
- Maintain consistent use of approved AI tools including GitHub Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot and other enterprise-approved GenAI platforms with a minimum expectation of 90% weekly usage where applicable.
- Apply AI tools to improve productivity in coding documentation data analysis troubleshooting research and decision-making workflows.
- Stay current with evolving AI capabilities and responsibly apply them to improve delivery quality engineering efficiency and overall velocity.
Compensation
Actual compensation range is 85k to 100K Bonus PTO benefits
Benefits
Full time hires in this position receive an annual bonus Wipro benefits and 401K matching.
Wipros benefits package is designed to help you thrive both personally and professionally. From competitive salaries to parental leave health insurance paid time off and wellness programs Wipros comprehensive benefits ensure you have the resources to focus on what matters most.
AI Academy: Wipro offers a robust curriculum of courses for both basic and advanced comprehensive training programs on AL/ML and Generative AI-related technologies. We are committed to providing our employees with the most relevant skills in the ever evolving AI landscape.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
As a global leader, Wipro blends consulting and AI expertise across design, engineering and operations to accelerate business transformation and deliver future-ready technology.