AYAN InfoTech is looking for Cloudflare WAF & DDoS Specialist to join an exciting project based in Melbourne. The role offers you the opportunity to contribute towards an extremely well structured and mature environment, working on sophisticated enhancement projects.
Role: Cloudflare WAF & DDoS Specialist
Location: Melbourne
Contract Duration: 6 Months with high possible extensions
Experience: 7+ Years
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (security, IT, DevOps, engineering teams) to define the scope, timelines, and objectives for the WAF migration.
- Define WAF & DDoS configurations in line business requirement, risk profile, polices and best practices for both on-prem and cloud assets.
- Document the rollout strategy, including risk assessments, fallback procedures, and testing protocols.
- Define traffic routing & impact assessment
- Responsible for the implementation of the Cloudflare WAF, ensuring a seamless transition.
- Configure Cloudflare WAF settings, including WAF rules, security features (e.g., bot management, rate limiting),CDN, DDOS, Layer 3 DDoS and custom configurations based on existing security protocols.
- Migrate DNS records, traffic management policies, and SSL configurations to Cloudflare.
- Ensure proper routing of traffic to avoid downtime or disruptions during migration.
- Conduct extensive testing of the Cloudflare WAF configurations before and after migration to ensure security protocols are functioning as intended.
- Verify the effectiveness of Cloudflare's security features, such as bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and rule matching.
- Work with QA and development teams to validate application performance and security post-migration.
- Identify and resolve any technical issues that arise during the migration process.
- Monitor the performance of Cloudflare WAF post-migration, identifying and addressing any potential bottlenecks or misconfigurations.
- Optimize Cloudflare security rules and policies to improve both security and performance.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of migration processes, configurations, and results.
- Create a knowledge base for future reference and handover to internal teams for ongoing management of Cloudflare WAF.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on the progress, challenges, and results of the migration.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in Cloudflare WAF Implementation projects, specifically migration from existing WAF to Cloudflare.
- Strong expertise in Cloudflare platforms, with hands-on experience configuring and managing WAF, CDN, DNS, and security settings.
- In-depth understanding of web security principles, DDoS protection, bot mitigation, SSL/TLS, and application layer protection.
- Strong knowledge of Cloudflare's security features (e.g., WAF, rate limiting, bot management, firewall rules, IP reputation).
- Familiarity with WAF configurations and security settings.
- Proficiency with DNS management and SSL/TLS configuration.
- Hands-on experience with troubleshooting and resolving performance and security-related issues in a cloud environment.
- Cloudflare WAF and security tools.
- WAF configuration of CI\CD pipelines and tools.
- Experience with CDN (Content Delivery Network) configurations and DNS management tools.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Contact: 61-(02) 7207 6926 for more details.
Please note we will be able to contact only shortlisted candidates for this role. We thank you in advance for your interest.
