Sr WAF Automation Quality Assurance Specialist -Remote(USA)-Only W2

Role:WAF Automation Quality Assurance Specialist Client:Bottomline Remote Summary Key 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. Qualifications: • 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. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job