Edge Security Platform Engineer at Major League Baseball

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Edge Security &amp; Platform Operations</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Own and operate MLB’s edge security platforms (WAF, bot mitigation, CDN), including configuration, tuning, and lifecycle management</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Maintain secure, resilient environments using infrastructure-as-code and controlled deployment practices</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Continuously refine rules, policies, and thresholds to improve protection and prevent drift</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Participate in an on-call rotation for high-severity edge security incidents</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Bot Mitigation &amp; Fraud Prevention</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Design and manage defenses against automated abuse (e.g., credential stuffing, scraping, ticketing bots, payment fraud)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Analyze telemetry to identify threats, false positives, and attacker behavior</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Partner with fraud and payment teams to strengthen early detection and mitigation</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Performance &amp; Incident Response</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Optimize security controls to protect uptime and user experience during high-traffic events</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve as a subject matter expert during incidents, ensuring mitigations meet latency, conversion, and availability targets</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Observability &amp; Reporting</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Build and maintain logging, monitoring, dashboards, and alerting across edge and application layers</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Integrate telemetry with SIEM tools to improve detection, triage, and auditability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Track and report on key risk and performance metrics</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Automation, Governance &amp; Collaboration</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Drive automation for detection, response, and change management while maintaining human oversight</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establish strong deployment controls, audit trails, and support compliance (e.g., PCI, SOC 2)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance edge security strategy, tooling, and execution</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Qualifications &amp; Skills</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5+ years in security, platform, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles supporting high-scale, internet-facing systems; experience with high-demand consumer platforms such as ticketing, e-commerce, streaming, or live events strongly preferred</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience operating and tuning WAF, bot mitigation, rate limiting, CDN security, and related traffic protection controls in production environments</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Direct experience with HAProxy Enterprise WAF and bot/security modules, and with CDN including WAF, bot management, rate controls, and telemetry or log streaming</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of HTTP/S, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, reverse proxying, caching, rate limiting, server- and client-side fingerprinting, and edge traffic behavior</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience investigating web abuse, fraud signals, or adversarial automation affecting login, checkout, account, or transaction flows</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proficiency with Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting languages, and experience with Terraform, Ansible, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, or other infrastructure-as-code practices</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with observability, logging, and SIEM integration for security and operational telemetry</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems, production incidents, and customer-impacting edge events</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Salary Range:&nbsp;</strong>$140,000 - $160,000 (Base Salary + Bonus)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Top MLB Perks &amp; Benefits</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Competitive Benefits Package</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Company 401K Contribution</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid Time Off and Holidays</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid Parental Leave</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games &amp;&nbsp;<a href="http://mlb.tv/">MLB.TV</a></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Discounts at MLB Store |&nbsp;<a href="http://mlbshop.com/">MLBShop.com</a></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Onsite/Online Training &amp; Development Programs</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuition Reimbursement</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Disability Benefits (short term and long term)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Life and Accidental Death Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pet Insurance</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why MLB?</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">California Residents: Please see our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mlb.com/careers/ccpa">California Recruitment Privacy Policy</a> for more details.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!</strong></span></p></div>