Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

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Leveraging our growing security product suite, a Security Support Engineer contributes real world security insights to Fastly and our customers as part of our Security Product Support (SPS) team, as we address Internet-scale threats.

The SPS team provides operational support for Fastly’s security products and services. Security Support Engineers within this team focus on delivering outstanding security product services to our customers. The team works with the operations, product engineering, and customer organizations internally to respond to security product issues faced across Fastly’s entire base of security customers.

What You'll Do

You will be responsible for providing product support for Fastly's security products, including our Next-Gen WAF, to customers across the globe. This includes assisting with product installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and triage of security incidents. You will help customers establish and secure their web applications, debug WAF deployment configurations, and resolve technical issues to ensure they derive maximum benefit from Fastly's security offerings.

Security Support Engineers are responsible for the following

Manage incoming customer inquiries
Deliver exceptional support for customer security concerns
Ensure high-quality customer interactions
Conduct thorough troubleshooting and triage of customer-reported issues related to WAF and other security product functionalities
Document common issues, solutions, and best practices to contribute to internal knowledge bases and runbooks
Address inquiries and alerts in accordance with established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Contribute to the development of scalable organizational processes and policies
Escalate complex issues to senior team members as required

What We're Looking For

Strong interest in infosec and application security
A foundational understanding of common web application vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
Working knowledge of core internet technologies like DNS, HTTP, and TLS
Some experience with command line Linux server environments (Windows Server a plus)
An understanding of the OSI model
1+ years of experience in a technical support, DevOps, or Solutions Engineering role, ideally focused on application security, web infrastructure, or cloud environments
Familiarity with configuring, deploying, or managing applications in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) or using CI/CD pipelines is a plus
Practical troubleshooting experience with WAF products, network proxies, or application delivery controllers
Scripting ability in popular coding/scripting languages
Desire to contribute to the processes and policies that scale our organization as we grow
Self-motivated and able to work independently, but also thrives in a supportive team environment
Fluency in English (both spoken and written) required, and you know how to adapt content for different audiences
Communicate with clients to resolve concerns and escalations; monitor and manage service-impacting issues through resolution to ensure client satisfaction
Focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences

Work Hours:

Tuesday to Saturday each week around core business hours: 9am - 6pm - EST

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

Remote (US-East hours)