{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"fd6365196ffae15f06e8f1f1","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fd6365196ffae15f06e8f1f1","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fd6365196ffae15f06e8f1f1","title":"System Engineer - Cloudflare Administrator","description":"Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.\r\nThis range is provided by Advantage Technical. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.\r\nBase pay range\r\n$60.00/hr - $70.00/hr\r\nOnsite Monday–Thursday, Remote Fridays\r\nWe are looking for a Cloudflare-focused System Engineer to take ownership of Cloudflare operations and help move their environment from log-only mode to active WAF protection.\r\nThis is an opportunity to be the dedicated Cloudflare SME and make a major impact on security posture, application reliability, and audit readiness.\r\nWhat You'll Do\r\nServe as the primary administrator for Cloudflare across multiple domains\r\nManage WAF tuning, rule creation, false-positive review, and safe enforcement rollouts\r\nAnalyze Cloudflare traffic logs, identify malicious patterns, and recommend protections\r\nWork closely with application teams to test, validate, and negotiate rule changes\r\nSupport DNS, proxying, SSL/TLS, caching, and performance configurations\r\nCollaborate with security, infrastructure, and cloud teams on protection strategies\r\nAssist with compliance requirements (HIPAA, PII, audit items)\r\nContribute to cloud efforts (primarily GCP, some AWS) as needed — ~20% of the role\r\nDocument processes, assist in incident response, and share best practices\r\nWhat We're Looking For\r\n2+ years of hands-on Cloudflare administration\r\nStrong experience with\r\nDNS, proxying, SSL/TLS\r\nTraffic and log analysis\r\nCaching/Performance fundamentals\r\nExperience working with application teams to troubleshoot false positives\r\nSolid cloud background — GCP preferred, AWS nice-to-have\r\nGood communication skills — must work cross-functionally with infra, security, and app owners\r\nAbility to guide a phased rollout from logging ? enforcement mode\r\nHybrid role: onsite Mon–Thurs in Lisle, IL (flexibility as needed)\r\nSeniority level\r\nAssociate\r\nEmployment type\r\nFull-time\r\nJob function\r\nInformation Technology\r\nIndustries: Staffing and Recruiting\r\nReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Advantage Technical by 2x\r\nInferred from the description for this job\r\nMedical insurance\r\nVision insurance\r\n401(k)\r\nWe're unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Advantage Technical","rawCompany":"advantage technical","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-09T07:56:30.108Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.01","title":"Web Administrators","slug":"web-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"},{"code":"541519","title":"Other Computer Related Services","slug":"other-computer-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"System Engineer - Cloudflare Administrator","description":"Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.\r\nThis range is provided by Advantage Technical. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.\r\nBase pay range\r\n$60.00/hr - $70.00/hr\r\nOnsite Monday–Thursday, Remote Fridays\r\nWe are looking for a Cloudflare-focused System Engineer to take ownership of Cloudflare operations and help move their environment from log-only mode to active WAF protection.\r\nThis is an opportunity to be the dedicated Cloudflare SME and make a major impact on security posture, application reliability, and audit readiness.\r\nWhat You'll Do\r\nServe as the primary administrator for Cloudflare across multiple domains\r\nManage WAF tuning, rule creation, false-positive review, and safe enforcement rollouts\r\nAnalyze Cloudflare traffic logs, identify malicious patterns, and recommend protections\r\nWork closely with application teams to test, validate, and negotiate rule changes\r\nSupport DNS, proxying, SSL/TLS, caching, and performance configurations\r\nCollaborate with security, infrastructure, and cloud teams on protection strategies\r\nAssist with compliance requirements (HIPAA, PII, audit items)\r\nContribute to cloud efforts (primarily GCP, some AWS) as needed — ~20% of the role\r\nDocument processes, assist in incident response, and share best practices\r\nWhat We're Looking For\r\n2+ years of hands-on Cloudflare administration\r\nStrong experience with\r\nDNS, proxying, SSL/TLS\r\nTraffic and log analysis\r\nCaching/Performance fundamentals\r\nExperience working with application teams to troubleshoot false positives\r\nSolid cloud background — GCP preferred, AWS nice-to-have\r\nGood communication skills — must work cross-functionally with infra, security, and app owners\r\nAbility to guide a phased rollout from logging ? enforcement mode\r\nHybrid role: onsite Mon–Thurs in Lisle, IL (flexibility as needed)\r\nSeniority level\r\nAssociate\r\nEmployment type\r\nFull-time\r\nJob function\r\nInformation Technology\r\nIndustries: Staffing and Recruiting\r\nReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Advantage Technical by 2x\r\nInferred from the description for this job\r\nMedical insurance\r\nVision insurance\r\n401(k)\r\nWe're unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-04-09T07:56:30.108Z","dateModified":"2026-04-09T07:56:30.108Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Advantage Technical","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Chicago","addressRegion":"IL","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"fd6365196ffae15f06e8f1f1"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fd6365196ffae15f06e8f1f1"}}