_{28th April, 2026}

Position: Network Security Consultant (WAF Policy Migration)
Client: Financial Sector
Location: Toronto (Hybrid) - 3 days onsite per week
Duration: Six Months (Potential for extension)
Language: English

Job Overview
We are seeking a senior WAF Migration Engineer to support a network security consulting engagement, focused on migrating and validating Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies from Akamai to Cloudflare. This is a hands-on, delivery-driven role requiring deep expertise in CDN security, policy translation, and testing.
 
Responsibilities

• Migrate and translate WAF policies, rule sets, and configurations from Akamai to Cloudflare
• Analyze existing rules to identify gaps, redundancies, and overly permissive configurations
• Ensure policy parity including geo-restrictions, rate limiting, bot management, and TLS enforcement
• Develop and execute test cases for WAF behavior, DDoS protection, and security controls
• Implement configurations using IaC (Terraform, JSON, Bash)
• Document solutions and support client-facing validation and delivery milestones
• Collaborate with architects and stakeholders in a consulting delivery environment

 
Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with WAF policy migration (Akamai, Cloudflare preferred)
• Deep knowledge of CDN security, L7 security, and edge protection
• Experience with rule conversion, policy validation, and security testing
• Proficiency in IaC tools (Terraform, scripting, JSON configs)
• Experience with DDoS mitigation, bot management, geo-blocking, and rate limiting
• Strong understanding of application security and network security principles
• Experience working in consulting or client-facing delivery environments
  
  

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**Please note this is for a contract position with one of our clients and not a fulltime employment role with Kyndryl Canada

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