Senior WAF Automation Quality Assurance Specialist IRC287969

Description

Our Client is a transnational company that owns numerous products within the Finance domain. The сlient platform combines market-proven payments and cash management with the customer experience and engagement capabilities that banks can use to manage their own branding, segmentation, and integration with related applications.

We are seeking a WAF Automation Quality Assurance Specialist (Consultant) to validate and verify that our WAF automation is achieving the intended security and operational outcomes. This role will design and execute test strategies, test cases, and validation checks for Terraform-based WAF configurations deployed through GitLab pipelines, ensuring policies are correct, consistent, and safe to release.

 

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Requirements

· Minimum of 4 years of experience in quality assurance/testing, infrastructure automation, network engineering, or an adjacent discipline.

· Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts and tools (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD workflows (GitLab or similar).

· Understanding of WAF concepts, HTTP/S traffic, and basic networking (e.g., hostnames, TLS, load balancers, firewall rules).

· Experience designing and executing test cases for system or infrastructure changes; exposure to automation of tests is a plus.

· Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on reproducible, well-documented defects.

· Effective communication and collaboration skills; able to work across security, network, and application teams.

Job responsibilities

· Develop and maintain test strategies and test cases for WAF configurations delivered via Terraform and GitLab pipelines.

· Validate that WAF policies deploy successfully and behave as expected across staging and production environments (e.g., rules applied, traffic allowed/blocked, logging enabled).

· Design and implement automated checks where possible (e.g., policy linting, negative/positive test traffic, regression tests) integrated into GitLab CI/CD.

· Collaborate with developers, network engineers, and security teams to define acceptance criteria for WAF automation changes.

· Investigate defects, configuration drift, and unexpected WAF behavior; document findings and work with engineers to resolve issues.

· Contribute to documentation of quality standards, test procedures, and go/no-go criteria for WAF-related releases.

What we offer

Culture of caring. At GlobalLogic, we prioritize a culture of caring. Across every region and department, at every level, we consistently put people first. From day one, you’ll experience an inclusive culture of acceptance and belonging, where you’ll have the chance to build meaningful connections with collaborative teammates, supportive managers, and compassionate leaders. 

Learning and development. We are committed to your continuous learning and development. You’ll learn and grow daily in an environment with many opportunities to try new things, sharpen your skills, and advance your career at GlobalLogic. With our Career Navigator tool as just one example, GlobalLogic offers a rich array of programs, training curricula, and hands-on opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Interesting & meaningful work. GlobalLogic is known for engineering impact for and with clients around the world. As part of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on projects that matter. Each is a unique opportunity to engage your curiosity and creative problem-solving skills as you help clients reimagine what’s possible and bring new solutions to market. In the process, you’ll have the privilege of working on some of the most cutting-edge and impactful solutions shaping the world today.

Balance and flexibility. We believe in the importance of balance and flexibility. With many functional career areas, roles, and work arrangements, you can explore ways of achieving the perfect balance between your work and life. Your life extends beyond the office, and we always do our best to help you integrate and balance the best of work and life, having fun along the way!

High-trust organization. We are a high-trust organization where integrity is key. By joining GlobalLogic, you’re placing your trust in a safe, reliable, and ethical global company. Integrity and trust are a cornerstone of our value proposition to our employees and clients. You will find truthfulness, candor, and integrity in everything we do.

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.