Applications Security Contractor

Applications Security Consultant
Contract Length: September 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026
Location: Remote (U.S. – Eastern Time Zone)
Work Setup: Remote, EST business hours

A leading hospitality company is seeking an Applications Security Consultant to join its Cybersecurity team. This contractor role will be instrumental in advancing the application security program, with a focus on Akamai WAF and Bot Management, as part of a major Digital Replatforming initiative.

Applications Security Consultant Responsibilities

• Design, build, and integrate new services using the Akamai WAF technology stack

• Manage and enhance day-to-day operations of Akamai WAF and Bot Management systems

• Tune policies, update detections, and adapt protections for evolving threats

• Collaborate with business application teams to deliver secure web and mobile applications

• Support additional application security tools such as code scanning solutions

• Ensure security controls are effective without impacting performance or customer experience

• Align security solutions with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

• Provide expert guidance balancing security with business requirements

Applications Security Consultant Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Akamai WAF and Bot Manager

• Strong background in offense/defense application security

• Proficient in web/mobile app development methodologies

• Experience securing AWS environments, including APIs and serverless apps

• Working knowledge of Node.js, React Native, JavaScript, Java, and Python

• Deep understanding of application/API vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques

• Experience implementing cloud-delivered application security solutions

• Familiarity with agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD workflows

• Mobile development experience required

• Must be able to work EST hours; availability for off-hours support as needed

• Hospitality industry experience – nice to have

• React Native experience – nice to have

We look forward to reviewing your application!

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