Load Balancer / WAF Engineer - North Central region

Role overview

Design and operate edge security and application delivery solutions for enterprise and managed-service environments. The work centers on cloud-based web application firewalls, DDoS protection, bot controls, content delivery, and load balancing, with an emphasis on secure, reliable traffic flow to internet-facing applications. You’ll work with application, DevOps, and infrastructure teams and support client delivery and handoffs.

Responsibilities

- Deploy and manage cloud WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot protection, and CDN configurations. - Create and tune security and traffic rules, including rate limits, filtering logic, and platform-specific rule sets. - Optimize routing, failover, load balancing, latency, and availability for application traffic. - Assess edge configurations, investigate security or performance issues, and support response to DDoS activity or WAF bypass attempts. - Document configurations and prepare operational runbooks for client or support-team handoffs. - Help migrate or integrate on-premises application delivery systems, translating custom logic to cloud-based equivalents.

Requirements

- 2–4 years of experience managing cloud WAF or DDoS platforms in enterprise settings. - Working knowledge of Cloudflare or Akamai edge protection services and custom traffic rules. - Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, routing, NAT, and load balancing. - Hands-on experience with application delivery controllers such as F5 BIG-IP, including iRules, SSL offloading, and WAF features. - Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills across application and network layers. - Willingness to use emerging tools, including AI tools, to improve problem solving and delivery.

Nice to have

- Familiarity with bot mitigation and client-facing work in consulting or managed services.

Benefits and work setup

- Primarily remote, U.S.-based work; travel may be required up to 25%. - Benefits listed include medical and dental plan options, flexible time off, 12 company holidays, phone and home internet allowances, retirement plan eligibility, and an optional pet benefit. - Applicants must already be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship is unavailable.