What You’ll Do:

• Design, Architect, and assist with the implementation of Web Application Firewalls across corporate and customer resources. 
• Recommend WAF policies and content filtering using established baselines and templates.
• Assist with network security gap analysis, control mapping, data flow diagrams, and process development. 
• Interpret network security processes to identify potential risks and compliance concerns. 
• Provide maintenance recommendations and on-going monitoring for security events on internal and perimeter network systems. 
• Research the latest technologies, threats, and evolving landscape around network security to produce recommendations to QAD leadership

Qualifications

• Professional degree: A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or certifications from firewall vendors like Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, or Fortinet may be required or beneficial.
• Cloud Certifications: like AWS Certified Security – Specialty or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Web Application Firewall (WAF) Certifications:  such as Cloudflare Certified Security Professional (CCSP).
• Networking Certifications:  like CompTIA Network+ or Cisco's CCNA 
• 5+ years experience with AWS, GCP, and cloud architectures. 
• Broad hands-on experience with firewalls. 
• Experienced in implementing Cloudflare or similar WAFs from scratch. 
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, IPSec, and routing protocols. 
• Comfortable with DNS and SSL Certificate management
• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code
• Ideally familiar with DDoS mitigation techniques and threat actor TTPs for network-based attacks, but not required.