WAF & Security Automation Specialist

CAPCO

WAF & Security Automation Specialist 

About the Role

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for aTechnical Delivery Specialist to take the lead in coordinating Web Application Firewall (WAF) onboarding and related infrastructure activities within a dynamic banking environment!

This isnot a hands-on cybersecurity engineering role, and guess what? Previous cybersecurity experience isnot required! We’re looking for someone eager to dive into the world of technical coordination and delivery.

Your mission will be to collaborate with application owners, developers, architects, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders to ensure that WAF implementations and related changes progress smoothly and successfully. If you thrive in a complex banking/enterprise technology environment and enjoy managing multiple stakeholders while independently overseeing smaller technical projects, this is the role for you!

What You'll Be Doing

• CoordinateWAF onboarding for applications from the initial request through to implementation and production/blocking mode.

• Collaborate with application owners, architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and WAF engineers to keep implementations moving forward.

• Coordinate WAFtesting, tuning, and production changes to ensure optimal performance.

• Track actions, dependencies, blockers, and delivery dates to keep everything on track.

• CoordinateChange Requests (CRs) and implementation schedules like a pro!

• Manage several smaller technical initiatives/workstreams simultaneously with finesse.

• MaintainJira boards, tickets, and delivery backlogs to keep everything organized.

• Coordinate infrastructure-related activities such as servers, load balancers, firewall rules, and certificates.

• Support improvements andautomation of existing WAF processes to enhance efficiency.

• Coordinate operational activities such as patching, compliance requirements, and Disaster Recovery testing.

• Support urgent security changes, including the coordination ofzero-day WAF policy updates to keep our systems safe!

• Help improve and document the ongoingBAU / operational processes for the service.

What We're Looking For

Most Important

• Experience working in alarge banking or financial services technology environment is a must!

• A solid understanding of howbanking IT and infrastructure organizations operate.

• Experience working with various technical stakeholders, including:

  • Application owners

  • Developers / Tech Leads

  • Solution and Infrastructure Architects

  • Infrastructure and platform teams

  • Project and Delivery Managers

• Some experience intechnical project coordination / project management to help you shine in this role.

• Ability to coordinate deployments and manage multiple smaller projects or workstreams effectively.

• Experience working inAgile / Scrum environments is a plus!

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to foster collaboration.

• Self-sufficient and proactive – able to take ownership of activities and drive them forward without constant supervision.

Useful but Not Essential

• Understanding ofWeb Application Firewalls (WAF) and how applications are onboarded, tuned, and moved into blocking mode.

• Experience withF5 Advanced WAF, AVI WAF or NGINX+ would be a bonus!

• Experience with Jira and Change Management processes to streamline operations.

• A general understanding of infrastructure components such as servers, databases, load balancers, certificates, and firewall rules.

Previous cybersecurity experience is not required. We are more interested in someone who understands complex banking technology environments, can coordinate technical teams effectively, and is eager to build their WAF knowledge!

In Short

This role would be a perfect fit for someone with atechnical delivery / project coordination background in banking who loves working across multiple technical teams, managing smaller initiatives, and getting things delivered efficiently.

You don't need to be a WAF engineer or cybersecurity expert – but you should be technically comfortable, organized, independent, and excited to learn more about the WAF domain!

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