2 of 2 Remote Application Security Jobs in Birmingham

Job Title: WAF & Application Security SME Location: Birmingham (Hybrid - 60% office/40% home, 3 days in the office mandatory) Salary/Rate: £480 Per Day - Inside IR35 Start Date: 15/09/2025 End Date: 15/09/2026 Job Type: Contract Company Introduction We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Web Application Firewall (WAF) & Application Security Subject Matter Expert to join a high-profile programme. This role is pivotal in enhancing and tuning WAF solutions across a variety of applications to improve security posture and protect against advanced web-based threats. Job Responsibilities/Objectives You will be responsible for designing, testing, tuning, and implementing advanced WAF configurations … WAF management, tuning, and engineering, with a strong understanding of web application security principles. Proven ability to proactively identify and mitigate false positives. Background in SOC, CSIRT, AppSec, or Ethical Hacking with hands-on log analysis experience. Proficiency in analysing traffic patterns using tools such as Splunk, Wireshark, or custom scripts. Experience working with at least three major More ❯

cover WAF tuning via detailed log analysis, false positive detection and mitigation, and making tuning and configuration recommendations. The ideal candidate will have experience in SOC or CSIRT and AppSec or Ethical Hacking for in-depth log analysis and have previously worked with at least three major WAF vendors such as Akamai, F5, AWS, GCP, etc. The successful candidate will … SOC/Threat/Forensics or CSIRT backgrounds - very experienced with analysing security logs to quickly ascertain TP/FP conviction and the techniques to except Ideally some AppSec/DevSecOps or Ethical Hacking experience - with a good understanding of Web Application attacks and security; they must be familiar with the OWASP Top 10 If they have … strong understanding of web application security principles. Proven track record of proactively identifying and mitigating false positives to optimize WAF performance. Background in SOC or CSIRT and AppSec or Ethical Hacking, demonstrating hands-on experience for the key responsibilities. Proficiency in log analysis tools and techniques, with the ability to identify patterns and anomalies in web traffic. Experience More ❯