Project Role: Security Architect

Project Role Description: Define the cloud security framework and architecture, ensuring it meets the business requirements and performance goals. Document the implementation of the cloud security controls and transition to cloud security-managed operations.

Must have skills: Web Application Firewall (WAF), Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security

Good to have skills: NA

Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full-time education

Summary As a Senior AWS WAF / AWS Firewall Engineer, the candidate should be aligned with enterprise security operations, managed services, and cloud-scale environments, which should fit well for senior roles in large organizations. The responsibilities and skills are grounded in commonly published AWS WAF / Firewall job requirements.

Roles &

• Responsibilities

- Expected to be an SME, collaborate and manage the team to perform.
- AWS WAF &

• Application Security Design: Implement and manage AWS WAF protections for CloudFront, Application Load Balancer (ALB), and API Gateway.

- Create, tune, and maintain custom WAF rules, managed rule groups, rate-based rules, and bot control policies.
- AWS Firewall &

• Network Security: Implement and manage AWS Network Firewall and AWS Firewall Manager for centralized security policy enforcement.

- Define firewall policies, rule groups, and traffic filtering across multi-account AWS environments.
- Work closely with network and cloud teams to secure VPC architectures and ingress/egress traffic.
- Threat Detection, Monitoring &

• Incident Response: Monitor security events using SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk) and AWS logging services.





- Perform real-time incident response, including rapid rule updates and traffic mitigation during active attacks.
- Support forensic analysis and post-incident reviews.
- Automation &

• DevSecOps: Automate WAF and firewall deployments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation).

- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and SDLC processes.
- Enforce security guardrails using AWS Firewall Manager at scale.
- Governance &

• Collaboration: Partner with application, DevOps, and platform teams to embed security-by-design.

- Contribute to security standards, runbooks, and operational documentation.
- Mentor junior engineers and act as an SME for AWS application security.

Professional &

• Technical Skills

- Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Web Application Firewall (WAF), Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security.
- Strong knowledge of cloud security architectures and best practices.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- AWS WAF
- AWS Firewall Manager
- AWS Network Firewall
- AWS Shield (preferred)

Additional Information

- The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Web Application Firewall (WAF).
- This position is based at our Mumbai office.
- A 15 years full time education is required.
- Bachelor's and above degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, Engineering / or equivalent work experience (Full time).
- The candidate should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in AWS WAF &

• AWS Network Firewall.

- Good to have certification on AWS Certified Security - Specialty.

Locations: Job No. ATCI-5537900-S2021717 | Mumbai | Required Skill: Web Application Firewall (WAF), Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security

📌 Security Architect (India)
🏢 Accenture
📍 India