Fanatics · 5 hours ago
Sr Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The Sr Security Engineer will develop and implement security measures, monitor security events, and lead incident response efforts to protect the company's digital assets.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Develop and implement executive-level traffic report briefings using automation, AI, and machine learning tooling to ensure actionability and strategic insight
Operate, maintain, and optimize the perimeter defense stack across edge and origin layers (Akamai, Cloudflare, Blink Ops, Imperva, Fastly, Impart, AWS WAF, etc.)
Monitor, analyze, and respond to security events in partnership with our Perimeter Security analysts and threat detection teams
Lead incident response and mitigation efforts for perimeter-layer attacks (e.g., scraping, credential stuffing, carding, and API abuse)
Perform ongoing signature tuning, rule deployment, and traffic analysis to improve signal-to-noise ratios across WAF/CDN layers
Design and implement automation workflows in our SOAR platform (e.g., Tines, Torq, N8N) to streamline operations and enhance incident response
Manage DNS, networking, and delivery routing systems including global traffic managers, failover policies, and load-balancing configurations across multiple data centers
Develop automation and tooling to support alerting, ticket creation, and configuration validation using Splunk, Tines, and Jira
Collaborate with traffic engineering, observability, and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, fault-tolerant configurations across multi-CDN environments
Participate in a global on-call rotation for perimeter-related incidents and operational escalations
Contribute to continuous improvement of runbooks, dashboards, and operational standards for the PSOC
Qualification
Required
Ability to craft clear, concise, and actionable reports while communicating complex technical details to executive, business, and engineering stakeholders
5+ years of experience in security analysis, engineering, SOC operations, or CDN/WAF management
Deep understanding of HTTP/S, DNS, and TLS fundamentals
Hands-on experience with Akamai CDN and WAF, Cloudflare, and other origin based Wide Area Firewalls
Strong knowledge of edge-layer security policies, rate limiting, caching behavior, and bot mitigation strategies
Familiarity with Splunk or similar SIEM tools for analytics and detection
Scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) for operational efficiency
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across globally distributed teams
Must be able to work standard hours aligned with U.S. Eastern Time
Preferred
Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic applications or e-commerce platforms
Experience in incident response and root cause analysis related to network or application security
Familiarity with automation platforms such as Tines, Torq, or other SOAR workflows
Golang system engineering experience, including building or integrating automation and telemetry services
Experience with Kubernetes and AWS cloud environments (networking, IAM, and security services)
Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for security configuration management
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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