Job Description
Job Title:  Technical Consultant - L1
City:  Pune
State/Province:  Maharashtra
Posting Start Date:  12/4/25
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
Job Description: 

Job Description

Akamai WAF engg.

  1. · Extensive experience in Akmai WAF management, tuning, and engineering, with a strong understanding of web application security principles.
  2. · Proven track record of proactively identifying and mitigating false positives to optimize WAF performance.
  3. · Background in SOC or CSIRT environments, demonstrating hands-on experience in in-depth log analysis.
  4. · Proficiency in log analysis tools and techniques, with the ability to identify patterns and anomalies in web traffic

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  1. · Consult with Capability Lead to deliver Web Application and API Protection for our critical applications, primarily on the Akamai platform.
  2. · Monitor and review all tuning requests.
  3. · Conduct detailed log analysis to identify false positives and optimize WAF rules for improved accuracy and performance.
  4. · Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for WAF tuning, tuning procedures, policies, and configurations.
  5. · Develop, test, and recommend WAF policies and rules tailored to specific applications and environments.
  6. · Proactively assist with identifying false positives
  7. · Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of WAF solutions into existing security infrastructure.
  8. · Collaborate with Application teams to enable web application protection.
  9. · Deliver anti-bypass protection for on-premise application currently using Akamai.
  10. · Provide recommendations for WAF configuration based on best practices and security requirements.
  11. · Perform regular assessments and audits of WAF configurations to ensure optimal security posture and compliance with industry standards.
  12. · Maintain evidence for audit and regulatory asks
  13. · Deliver monthly / quarterly business reviews for application owners to show the effectiveness of the WAF control.
  14. · Stay updated with the latest web security threats, vulnerabilities, and trends to continually enhance WAF effectiveness.
  15. · Evaluate, design, and deliver new and alternative WAAP features and/or solutions.

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  1. Ensuring alignment with capability lead and control owner to deliver consistent WAAP policies across multiple infrastructures.
  2. · Ensuring timely and accurate review and action on all WAF tuning requests.
  3. · Conducting thorough log analyses to effectively identify and mitigate false positives, ensuring optimized WAF rules.
  4. · Maintaining comprehensive and up-to-date documentation for all WAF tuning procedures, policies, and configurations.
  5. · Developing and recommending tailored WAF policies and rules for various applications and environments.
  6. · Proactively identifying and addressing false positives to enhance overall WAF accuracy.
  7. · Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to integrate WAF solutions seamlessly into existing security infrastructure.
  8. · Collaborating effectively with application teams to enable WAF protection across HSBC.
  9. · Ensuring connectivity to origin servers on premise only comes through Akamai to prevent direct to origin attacks.
  10. · Providing expert recommendations for WAF configurations based on best practices and current security requirements.
  11. · Performing regular assessments and audits of WAF configurations to maintain optimal security posture and compliance with industry standards and maintaining evidence.
  12. · Performing service reviews with accountable service / application owners.
  13. · Staying informed about the latest web security threats, vulnerabilities, and trends to ensure continuous enhancement of WAF effectiveness.
  14. · Review existing and new solutions to deliver best in class protections.

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Mandatory Skills: Akamai WAF .

 

Experience: 5-8 Years .

 

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.
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