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With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.\nAt Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day - building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with entrepreneurial speed, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.\nFanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.\nAt Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day-building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with limitless entrepreneurial spirit, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.\nAs we continue to scale our global platform, the Senior Security Engineer, Perimeter Security Operations will play a critical role in protecting our global e-commerce and API platform against modern threats at scale.\nROLE OVERVIEW\nThe Senior Security Engineer, Perimeter Security Operations is based in Hyderabad, India and is responsible for protecting Fanatics Commerce's global e-commerce and API platform by managing detection, response, tuning, automation, and reliability across CDN, WAF, and networking layers. A defining dimension of this role is developing and steering the team's AI and agentic capabilities - building agentic skillsets and processes that extend analyst capacity while implementing guardrails that keep AI-driven operations safe, accurate, and auditable. The Senior Security Engineer, Perimeter Security Operations delivers business and fan impact through BOLD leadership and execution excellence, leveraging data, automation, and AI-enabled insights.\nHOW WILL YOU DRIVE IMPACT\nSuccess is measured by the ability to deliver results through BOLD capabilities and measurable outcomes.\nTeam & Leadership Impact (Build Championship Teams)\nPartner closely with engineering, platform, SRE, and SOC teams to drive observability, enforce best practices, and continuously strengthen edge defense posture across globally distributed environments.\nCollaborate with traffic engineering, observability, and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, fault-tolerant configurations across multi-CDN environments.\nContribute to continuous improvement of runbooks, dashboards, and operational standards for the Perimeter Security Operations Center (PSOC), raising the operational baseline for the broader team.\nFan & Customer Impact (Obsessed with Fans)\nProtect the availability and integrity of the platforms that serve millions of fans daily by leading incident response and mitigation efforts for perimeter-layer attacks, including scraping, credential stuffing, carding, and API abuse.\nManage DNS, networking, and delivery routing systems - including global traffic managers, failover policies, and load-balancing configurations - to ensure fans experience fast, reliable, and secure access across all channels.\nPerform ongoing signature tuning, rule deployment, and traffic analysis to improve signal-to-noise ratios across WAF and CDN layers, reducing friction for legitimate fan traffic while blocking threats.\nDevelop and implement executive-level traffic report briefings using automation, AI, and machine learning tooling to ensure actionability and strategic insight that directly supports fan-first decision-making.\nInnovation & Problem Solving (Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit)\nDevelop AI and agentic skillsets, workflows, and processes - including Claude skills, MCP integrations, and LLM-assisted triage - that scale PSOC operations, with validation of AI outputs against ground truth to ensure reliability.\nDesign and implement automation workflows in SOAR platforms (e.g., Tines, Torq, N8N) to streamline operations, enhance incident response, and reduce manual toil across the security stack.\nOperate, maintain, and optimize the perimeter defense stack across edge and origin layers, including Akamai, Cloudflare, Blink Ops, Imperva, Fastly, Impart, and AWS WAF, identifying opportunities to improve efficacy and performance.\nDesign, implement, and enforce guardrails for AI and agentic systems - including bounded action scopes, approval gates, audit logging, and kill switches - to ensure automated production changes remain safe and auditable.\nOwnership & Execution (Determined & Relentless Mindset)\nMonitor, analyze, and respond to security events in partnership with Perimeter Security analysts and threat detection teams, maintaining a high standard of response quality and speed.\nDevelop automation and tooling to support alerting, ticket creation, and configuration validation using Splunk, Tines, and Jira, driving operational consistency and reducing response times.\nParticipate in a global on-call rotation for perimeter-related incidents and operational escalations, demonstrating reliability and accountability in high-stakes situations.\nApply anomaly detection, bot management, and operational traffic analysis to identify and mitigate emerging threats, continuously improving the edge defense posture of one of the world's largest sports commerce platforms.\nAI & DIGITAL CAPABILITY\nWe are building a future-ready organization. This role is expected to:\nApply AI and technology to improve efficiency, quality, and outcomes\nUse data and digital tools to inform decisions and enhance performance\nDemonstrate curiosity and adaptability in adopting new technologies and ways of working\nContribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement\nCAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE YOU BRING\nRequired Qualifications:\n5+ years of experience in security analysis, engineering, SOC operations, or CDN/WAF management, with hands-on experience operating Akamai CDN and WAF, Cloudflare, and other origin-based Web Application Firewalls.\nDeep understanding of HTTP/S, DNS, and TLS fundamentals, with strong knowledge of edge-layer security policies, rate limiting, IP reputation analysis, threat actor monitoring, caching behavior, and bot mitigation strategies.\nExperience working with AI/LLM tooling or agentic automation in an operational context, including an understanding of failure modes such as hallucination and silent errors, and the controls that mitigate them.\nDemonstrated ability to identify and mitigate threats through anomaly detection, bot management, and operational traffic analysis across high-traffic environments.\nFamiliarity with Splunk or similar SIEM tools for analytics and detection, combined with scripting or automation experience in Python, Bash, or similar languages for operational efficiency.\nAbility to craft clear, concise, and actionable reports communicating complex technical details to executive, business, and engineering stakeholders across globally distributed teams.\nMust be able to work standard hours aligned with U.S. Eastern Time.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting large-scale, high-traffic applications or e-commerce platforms, including incident response and root cause analysis related to network or application security.\nFamiliarity with automation platforms such as Tines, Torq, or other SOAR workflows.\nExperience building or governing agentic AI systems - including MCP servers, LLM tool use, prompt and skill engineering - with access scoping and audit controls.\nGolang system engineering experience, including building or integrating automation and telemetry services.\nExperience with Kubernetes and AWS cloud environments, including networking, IAM, and security services.\nWorking knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for security configuration management.\nWORK LOCATION\nHybrid: The primary place of performance of this role is the Company's office located in Hyderabad, India, subject to the Company's current hybrid work policy. This role currently requires in-office presence {{IN-OFFICE SCHEDULE - e.g. \"Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday\" or \"3 days per week\"}}.\nAt Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset-We Build Championship Teams, we're Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined & Relentless Mindset. If you're ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.\nAt Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset - We Build Championship Teams, we’re Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined and Relentless Mindset. If you’re ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.\nABOUT US\nFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.\nABOUT THE TEAM\nFanatics Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally - as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com.\nFanatics Commerce has a broad range of online, sports venue, and vertical apparel partnerships worldwide, including comprehensive partnerships with leading leagues, teams, colleges, and sports organizations across the world-including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Formula 1, and Australian Football League (AFL); the Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea FC, and Tokyo Giants; the University of Notre Dame, University of Alabama, and University of Texas; the International Olympic Committee (IOC), England Rugby, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).\nAt Fanatics Commerce, we infuse our BOLD Leadership Principles in everything we do:\n· Build Championship Teams\n· Obsessed with Fans\n· Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit\n· Determined and Relentless Mindset\nBy submitting your application, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our Candidate Privacy Policy.\nFanatics will never ask candidates for money, banking information, or other sensitive personal information...","description_format":"text","description_chars":12153,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","E-commerce Platforms","Apparel & Fashion Brands"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-10T20:12:19Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.666,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":74,"expected_fill_days":43,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/fanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/fanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T18:21:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1063,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":672855},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=672855"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/fanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffanaticscommerce-senior-security-engineer-perimeter-security-operations"}]}