Senior WAF Migration Architect

Capco
Toronto
Full timeCAD 153,000 - 197,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Cross-team collaboration","Architectural oversight","Risk-focused migration planning","Translating security requirements into technical architecture","Enterprise program coordination"]

Lead end-to-end architecture and migration of Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities from current environments to Cloudflare and Akamai. Own current-state assessment, target-state architecture, security policies/rules, traffic routing, and DNS/CDN integration, then define migration waves, testing, rollback, and cutover requirements. Partner with security, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to resolve dependencies and provide architectural oversight through execution and stabilization.

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Capco
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Senior WAF Migration Architect

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end architecture and migration of Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities from current environments to Cloudflare and Akamai. Own current-state assessment, target-state architecture, security policies/rules, traffic routing, and DNS/CDN integration, then define migration waves, testing, rollback, and cutover requirements. Partner with security, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to resolve dependencies and provide architectural oversight through execution and stabilization.
Location: Toronto
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead current-state assessments and define target-state WAF architecture across Cloudflare and Akamai, including security policies, traffic routing, DNS/CDN integration, and application onboarding.
  • •Define the end-to-end WAF migration strategy, including migration waves, technical dependencies, testing approaches, rollback strategies, and cutover requirements.
  • •Establish WAF security architecture, policies, rules, and controls aligned to enterprise security, performance, availability, and compliance requirements.
  • •Partner with security, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to resolve architectural and technical dependencies throughout the migration.
  • •Provide architectural oversight across migration execution, testing, cutover, and stabilization to support secure and reliable adoption of target platforms.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 153,000 - 197,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceRrspParental LeaveWellness StipendEmployee AssistanceLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of relevant experience across cybersecurity, network security, infrastructure, cloud, or application security, including experience designing enterprise WAF solutions.
  • •Deep knowledge of WAF architecture with hands-on experience implementing WAF solutions using Cloudflare and/or Akamai in complex enterprise environments.
  • •Strong understanding of DNS, CDN, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, traffic routing, and application delivery and web security integration patterns.
  • •Experience defining enterprise-scale migration architectures, migration waves, testing strategies, rollback approaches, and technical dependency management.
  • •Ability to collaborate across security, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to translate security and business requirements into practical technical architectures.
Experience:12+ yearsCybersecurityNetwork securityInfrastructure securityCloud securityApplication securityEnterprise WAFFinancial services
Skills:Cross-team collaborationArchitectural oversightRisk-focused migration planningTranslating security requirements into technical architectureEnterprise program coordination
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CloudflareAkamaiDNSCDNHTTP/HTTPSTLSTraffic routingAPIsInfrastructure-as-code

Company Brief

Capco
Global management and technology consultancy specializing in financial services. Capco advises banks, insurers, and capital markets firms on digital transformation, risk and compliance, technology implementation, and operational improvement, combining industry expertise with advisory and engineering capabilities.
Industry: Management Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1998
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