Job Title: F5 Akamai Engineer

City: Minneapolis

State/Province: Minnesota

Posting Start Date: 6/9/26

Job Description:

Job Description

Title: F5 Akamai Engineer

Location: Minneapolis MN / Remote

Duration: Full Time

Job Description:
• Maintain a large inventory of application delivery controllers (load balancers - F5, A10, AVI, WAF,..etc) alongside a team of engineering colleagues
• Positively contribute to over 99.99%+ application uptime by deploying load balancers and configuring load balanced & WAF based applications
• Effectively troubleshoot complex network layer 1-7 issues while clearly and concisely communicating status updates to stakeholders until resolution
• Execute assigned projects in a timely manner without causing application impact while following change control process requirements
• Projects such as: load balancer software or hardware upgrades, onboarding applications to Web App Firewalls ( Both Cloud & On-prem), migrating applications along with WAF to cloud infrastructures, and deploying SSL/TLS inspection, amongst others
• Engineer innovative ways to solve problems and build helpful tools using scripting/automation focus with a software engineering mindset
• Automate repeatable tasks using scripting languages and/or Ansible/Chef/Puppet/Jenkins/etc tools
• Document topology diagrams and MOPs for repeatable manual engineering tasks
• Secure applications from malicious HTTP/S traffic using web application firewalls
• Respond to high priority on-call engagements within 15 minutes in a rotation one out of every 4 weeks from 8am to 8pm IST
• Able to work occasional weekends and nights during off hour change windows as necessary to support the business
• Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others in addition to individual engineering contributions
• Ideal candidate has experience on F5 LTM, F5 GTM (DNS), F5 ASM (AWAF),Cloudflare, Akamai, F5 SSLO, A10 load balancers, AVI load balancers, Shape Bot Protection, major cloud provides native console tools such (AWS, Azure, GCP), and scripting automation

Qualifications:
• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience troubleshooting and maintaining application delivery controllers (load balancers such as F5, AVI, A10, Citrix, WAF etc)
• 4+ years experience troubleshooting and maintaining other network appliances (switches, routers, firewalls, proxies, etc)
• 3+ years experience automating network infrastructure tasks
• 3+ years supporting cloud native applications in Azure, GCP, or AWS
• Advanced knowledge of HTTP, SSL/TLS encryption, Cloud WAF solution like Cloudflare/Akamai/F5 XC/Imperva, DNS, switching and routing, and Application Security, mitigating OWASP top 10 security threats

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Do

• Ensuring customer centricity by providing apt cybersecurity
• Monitoring and safeguarding the log sources and security access
• Planning for disaster recovery in the event of any security breaches
• Monitor for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorized or illegal activity
• Performs moderately complex log reviews and forensic analysis to identify unauthorized or unacceptable access to data or systems
• Conduct security assessments, risk analysis and root cause analysis of security incidents
• Handling incidents escalated by the L1 team in 24x7 rotational shifts
• Use advanced analytics tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities
• Completing all tactical security operations tasks associated with this engagement.
• Analyses all the attacks and come up with remedial attack analysis
• Conduct detailed analysis of incidents and create reports and dashboards
• Stakeholder coordination & audit assistance
• Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide future recommendations
• Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information security
• Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues
• Advice and guidance to employees on issues such as spam and unwanted or malicious emails

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Deliver

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Performance Parameter

Measure

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Customer centricity

Timely security breach solutioning to end users, Internal stakeholders & external customers experience

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Process Adherence

Adherence to SLAà ¢Ã,€Ã,Â's (90-95%), response time and resolution time TAT

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Mandatory Skills: Checkpoint Firewalls and VPN.

Experience: 5-8 Years.

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $60,000 to $135,000 .

Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.

Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.