Akamai WAF SME Full Time

NP Group

Contract: Akamai WAF Tuning SME
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 3 months (extendable)
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.

Key Expectations:

• 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 contrat

Must be eligible to work in the UK for duration of the project.

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