security engineer

EPAM provides digital platform engineering and software development services, helping global enterprises build, scale, and secure their technology infrastructure.

• Investigate security incidents and optimize security configurations across the platform;
• Collaborate with Security, DevOps, Infrastructure and Application teams to strengthen protection;
• Configure and manage DDoS protection, bot mitigation and web application firewall solutions;
• Analyze HTTP/HTTPS traffic to detect and mitigate potential threats;
• Maintain and enhance edge security solutions on the Akamai platform;
• Troubleshoot networking issues related to TCP/IP, DNS, CDN and TLS/SSL;
• Build expertise in Akamai security products to support platform operations;
• Ensure high availability of infrastructure through load balancing and proxy configurations.

• 5+ Years of experience in network security and web application security with proficiency in HTTP/HTTPS traffic analysis;
• Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS and CDN as well as TLS/SSL, load balancing and proxies;
• Understanding of WAF concepts and experience with security technologies such as DDoS protection, bot mitigation and web application firewalls or edge security solutions;
• Flexibility to quickly gain expertise in the Akamai platform;
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the capability to investigate security incidents and optimize security configurations;
• Experience collaborating with Security, DevOps, Infrastructure and Application teams;
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher;
• Nice to have: Hands-on experience with Akamai technologies or similar CDN/security platforms such as Cloudflare, Fastly, Imperva or F5, experience supporting high-traffic eCommerce or customer-facing applications, familiarity with PCI-DSS, GDPR or other security compliance standards, Akamai certifications or equivalent experience.

• No conditions specified