Cyber Security Engineer
Pubblicato il 14-10-2026 - LuxExperience in Pistoia
Overview
LuxExperience is the leading digital, multi‑brand luxury group and the online shopping destination for luxury enthusiasts worldwide. The group operates a portfolio of distinguished store brands in digital luxury and creates communities for luxury enthusiasts with unique digital and physical experiences.
Location
Our offices in Zola Predosa / Milan, Italy
Department
Infrastructure and Operations – Cyber Security
Reporting
Cyber Security Platform Manager
Working Model & Contract
Hybrid; Permanent
Role Overview
As a specialized Cyber Security Engineer, you will be the go‑to expert for our Akamai Security Platform, driving analysis, technical design, configuration, and continuous tuning of edge security solutions.
Responsibilities
- Edge Security Management: Design, provision, configure and maintain Akamai security configurations, specifically focusing on App & API Protector, Akamai WAF, Bot Manager and Content Protector.
- WAF & Rate Limiting Optimization: Continuously monitor and tune Web Application Firewall (WAF)
rules and rate limiting policies to minimize false positives while maintaining a strict security posture against the OWASP Top 10.
- DDoS & Botnet Mitigation: Identify, analyze and mitigate real‑time DDoS attacks and malicious automated bot traffic without disrupting legitimate user traffic or search engine crawlers.
- API Security: Implement and manage security controls tailored for APIs, ensuring positive security models, schema validation and discovery of unmanaged endpoints.
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with application developers and product teams to translate business requirements into secure, scalable edge configurations and assist in troubleshooting application‑layer issues.
- Documentation & Automation: Produce clear, comprehensive technical documentation for edge configurations, incident playbooks and operational procedures. Identify opportunities to leverage Akamai CLI, Terraform or APIs to automate configuration manag