Application Security Engineer
Posted Today by Queen Square Recruitment
£500 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Akamai Security Engineer role in London involves joining a cybersecurity team to protect web applications, APIs, and online services using Akamai security solutions. The position requires hands-on experience with Akamai technologies and focuses on defending against cyber threats while ensuring performance and reliability. The role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days onsite, and is contract-based for 6 months with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy and manage Akamai security solutions, including WAF, CDN, Bot Management, and API Security
- Configure and optimise security controls such as rate limiting, reputation-based rules, and custom policies
- Analyse traffic, logs, and alerts to identify threats and anomalies
- Support incident response for web-based attacks
- Collaborate with security, network, and application teams
- Build dashboards and monitoring using tools such as Grafana
- Establish traffic baselines and fine-tune detection thresholds
- Support onboarding of applications into Akamai platforms
- Maintain documentation and contribute to security best practices
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with Akamai security technologies (Kona Site Defender, WAF, CDN)
- Solid understanding of web security principles, including DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and API security
- Experience analysing HTTP/S traffic and security logs
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS)
- Ability to balance security and performance optimisation
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana is desirable
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Desirable Akamai certifications
- Experience with SIEM or log analysis tools
- Experience in enterprise-scale environments
Salary (Rate): £500/day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Akamai Security Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite)
Contract: 6 months (extendable)
Rate: £500/day (Inside IR35)
We are seeking an experienced Akamai Security Engineer to join a high-performing cybersecurity team supporting large-scale digital platforms. This role focuses on protecting web applications, APIs, and online services using Akamai security solutions. You will play a key role in defending against evolving cyber threats while maintaining performance and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and manage Akamai security solutions, including WAF, CDN, Bot Management, and API Security
- Configure and optimise security controls such as rate limiting, reputation-based rules, and custom policies
- Analyse traffic, logs, and alerts to identify threats and anomalies
- Support incident response for web-based attacks
- Collaborate with security, network, and application teams
- Build dashboards and monitoring using tools such as Grafana
- Establish traffic baselines and fine-tune detection thresholds
- Support onboarding of applications into Akamai platforms
- Maintain documentation and contribute to security best practices
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Akamai security technologies (Kona Site Defender, WAF, CDN)
- Solid understanding of web security principles, including DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and API security
- Experience analysing HTTP/S traffic and security logs
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS)
- Ability to balance security and performance optimisation
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana is desirable
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Desirable
- Akamai certifications
- Experience with SIEM or log analysis tools
- Experience in enterprise-scale environments
What’s on offer
- Opportunity to work on large-scale, high-impact security projects
- Collaborative and technically strong team environment
- Potential for contract extension