Akamai Security Engineer and Senior Akamai Security Engineer (Contract)Knutsford Hybrid - 3 days onsite 2 remoteSenior: £620 per day Engineer: £490 per day Until 30/11/2026INSIDE IR35Our client is looking for an Akamai Security Engineer and a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large-scale, high-traffic digital platforms. These are key engineering roles focused on strengthening web security, enhancing performance, and embedding best-practice Akamai configurations into global environments.Key ResponsibilitiesEngineerConfigure and maintain Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN)Support implementation of rulesets, policies and routing configs Monitor traffic, identify threats and assist in incident response Tune WAF and bot rules to reduce false positives Assist with CDN configuration, caching and performance tuning Manage certificates, redirects, and Akamai property updates Collaborate with application teams for secure deployments Produce documentation and support continuous improvementSenior EngineerArchitect, configure and optimise Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN) Lead end-to-end policy and ruleset implementation Conduct threat analysis, log review and incident response Implement rate limiting, DDoS protection and bot mitigation Manage Akamai properties, certificates, redirects and routing Tune WAF rules to reduce false positives Provide technical leadership and best-practice guidanceR