Cloud Security Engineer – WAF Specialist
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Cloud Security Engineer operationalizing Datavant’s Edge Defense and WAAP capabilities across various environments. Collaborating with Engineering teams to ensure secure deployments and functionality.
Responsibilities:
- Onboard applications and APIs to the WAAP platform, partnering directly with Engineering teams to ensure secure and smooth rollout.
- Implement and tune WAF protections across supported platforms, reducing false positives while maintaining strong protection coverage.
- Respond to edge protection and WAF-related engineering requests, troubleshooting configuration issues and advising on secure implementation patterns.
- Contribute to Terraform modules and automation pipelines that standardize edge protections and reduce configuration drift.
- Review infrastructure changes with a security lens and collaborate with engineers to land secure solutions.
- Participate in incident response and post-incident hardening related to edge-layer detections.
- Document onboarding processes and configuration standards to improve repeatability and reduce manual effort.
Requirements:
- Experience working in at least one major cloud provider and familiarity with web application firewall or edge protection concepts.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) and Git-based workflows.
- Strong customer-service orientation and comfort working directly with Engineering teams in high-engagement environments.
- Ability to balance protection with usability, tuning controls thoughtfully to minimize friction.
- Solid understanding of secure SDLC practices and ability to communicate infrastructure and application risks clearly.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfort operating in regulated environments and aligning implementation details with compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools is encouraged.
Benefits:
- Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination.
- We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
- Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
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