Akamai WAF SME

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 ..... full job details .....