Senior Security Solutions Engineer

 Posting Open Date: Apr 26, 2025

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 6/26/25

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Senior Security Solutions Engineer 

We are a diverse, highly skilled, and passionate team that values sharing and collaboration. We provide expert-level technical guidance to customers integrating our products into their application stacks. This means we are working with the latest innovations in technology, learning about them, and using our experience, considering how they are best used. Our engagement with customers starts with service onboarding, configuration migration, traffic go-live, and training. We also continue to work with customers as they get on board, helping integrate our services with their applications to ensure customers get the most out of Fastly. 

Our team comes from different backgrounds and locations. As we grow, we look for people who can bring their own unique character and talent. We work flexibly, with a focus on delivering quality service to customers.  

What You'll Do:

• Work with new customers to integrate Fastly into their systems during onboarding, supporting multiple Fastly product lines, including Network Services, Compute, and Security.
• Provide existing customers guidance on additional features and performance tuning.
• Design and build technical solutions on the Fastly platform.
• Write and present training materials to customers and internal teams
• Work with Sales Engineers to build Proof Of Concepts for prospective customers

What We're Looking For: 

• Proficiency in CDN and WAF technologies, including configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP, web application technology, and API security best practices. 
• Deep understanding of internet protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP/IP) and web application security principles.
• Prior experience in Cybersecurity, Application Security, SaaS/Cloud or hybrid cloud deployments; Apache/NGINX/IIS or other web server platforms and associated Application server technologies and frameworks
• Experience with customer-facing technical consultant 
• Experience with project management, including analyzing a project's requirements, designing and documenting a solution, and delivering that to successful completion

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

• Experience with WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS
• Experience in developing applications in Rust, Go, or Javascript
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and automation tools.
• Written and deployed automated testing on top of continuous integration / continuous deployment systems
• Worked with infrastructure automation/configuration management systems
• Experienced in deploying and managing containerized applications using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• Denver, CO
• New York, NY
• San Francisco, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. 

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary: 

The estimated salary range for this position is $111,000 to $147,996.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: 

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.