diff --git a/management/server/types/job.go b/management/server/types/job.go
index efb70a911..e6d1be0ab 100644
--- a/management/server/types/job.go
+++ b/management/server/types/job.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package types
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/anonymize"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/status"
@@ -150,6 +152,16 @@ func validateAndBuildBundleParams(req api.WorkloadRequest, workload *Workload) e
 	if bundle.Parameters.LogFileCount < 1 || bundle.Parameters.LogFileCount > 1000 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("log-file-count must be between 1 and 1000, got %d", bundle.Parameters.LogFileCount)
 	}
+	// validate anonymize_level: omitted or empty defaults on the client;
+	// otherwise it must name a known level. An unknown value is rejected here
+	// rather than silently escalated, so a typo surfaces at job creation.
+	if lvl := bundle.Parameters.AnonymizeLevel; lvl != nil {
+		switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(*lvl)) {
+		case "", anonymize.LevelDefaultString, anonymize.LevelStrictString:
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("anonymize_level must be %q or %q, got %q", anonymize.LevelDefaultString, anonymize.LevelStrictString, *lvl)
+		}
+	}
 
 	workload.Parameters, err = json.Marshal(bundle.Parameters)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/management/server/types/job_test.go b/management/server/types/job_test.go
index 357b6e3e4..aad3e720e 100644
--- a/management/server/types/job_test.go
+++ b/management/server/types/job_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,50 @@ func TestBuildStreamBundleResponse_CarriesIdentityAndUploadFields(t *testing.T)
 	assert.Equal(t, int32(100), bundle.GetLogFileCount(), "existing fields must still map")
 }
 
+// newBundleJobRequest builds an api.JobRequest carrying a bundle workload with
+// the given parameters, mirroring what the REST handler decodes.
+func newBundleJobRequest(t *testing.T, p api.BundleParameters) *api.JobRequest {
+	t.Helper()
+	var wr api.WorkloadRequest
+	require.NoError(t, wr.FromBundleWorkloadRequest(api.BundleWorkloadRequest{
+		Type:       api.WorkloadTypeBundle,
+		Parameters: p,
+	}), "build bundle workload request")
+	return &api.JobRequest{Workload: wr}
+}
+
+// TestNewJob_AnonymizeLevelValidation verifies the management API accepts only
+// known anonymization levels (empty defaults on the client) and rejects an
+// unknown value instead of silently escalating it.
+func TestNewJob_AnonymizeLevelValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	base := api.BundleParameters{BundleFor: false, LogFileCount: 100, Anonymize: true}
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		level   *string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{name: "omitted", level: nil},
+		{name: "empty", level: strPtr("")},
+		{name: "default", level: strPtr("default")},
+		{name: "strict", level: strPtr("strict")},
+		{name: "mixed case", level: strPtr("Strict")},
+		{name: "unknown", level: strPtr("verbose"), wantErr: true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := base
+			p.AnonymizeLevel = tc.level
+			_, err := NewJob("user-1", "acc-1", "peer-1", newBundleJobRequest(t, p))
+			if tc.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err, "an unknown anonymize_level must be rejected")
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "anonymize_level", "the error must name the offending field")
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err, "a known anonymize_level must be accepted")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestBuildStreamBundleResponse_OmittedFieldsMapToEmpty verifies that omitted
 // optional fields map to the empty proto string, which the client resolves to
 // its defaults (default anonymization level, default upload server).