The Edge Security Platform Engineer owns the edge security controls that protect MLB’s public web and mobile traffic. This role builds, operates, and improves WAF and bot defenses and manages security capabilities across CDNs that support application delivery, traffic protection, and transaction flows. This engineer tunes controls, automates workflows, and connects edge telemetry with application and payment signals to reduce bot abuse and fraud without adding unnecessary friction, latency, or downtime for legitimate fans. Success is measured by stronger protection during high-demand events, fewer false positives, better visibility across edge-to-transaction flows, and measurable improvement in checkout conversion, site performance, and fraud reduction. Responsibilities Edge Security & Platform Operations Own and operate MLB’s edge security platforms (WAF, bot mitigation, CDN), including configuration, tuning, and lifecycle management Maintain secure, resilient environments using infrastructure-as-code and controlled deployment practices Continuously refine rules, policies, and thresholds to improve protection and prevent drift Participate in an on-call rotation for high-severity edge security incidents Bot Mitigation & Fraud Prevention Design and manage defenses against automated abuse (e.g., credential stuffing, scraping, ticketing bots, payment fraud) Analyze telemetry to identify threats, false positives, and attacker behavior Partner with fraud and payment teams to strengthen early detection and mitigation Performance & Incident Response Optimize security controls to protect uptime and user experience during high-traffic events Serve as a subject matter expert during incidents, ensuring mitigations meet latency, conversion, and availability targets Observability & Reporting Build and maintain logging, monitoring, dashboards, and alerting across edge and application layers Integrate telemetry with SIEM tools to improve detection