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Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Senior Security Engineer

cambridge, MA

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. lists this Senior Security Engineer opportunity in cambridge, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Job Description

Do you like building solutions to help improve the security of the company?

Do you want to collaborate with industry-leading security experts?

Join our Information Security Team! Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will report directly to the Director of Security Engineering. You will have the opportunity to address global security challenges and make the Internet a safer place, which is powered by the scale of Akamai's platform and influence.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Security Engineer you will be assessing and mitigating the risk of doing business in today's hyper-connected world. You will work directly with Akamai's IT and engineering organizations providing security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Researching and staying current on adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities, and related detection and response strategies.

Conducting network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies.

Assisting with design and deployment of security risk mitigating controls.

Performing compliance and policy-based investigations of internal systems.

Documenting security guidelines, procedures, and policies with a particular emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.

Providing security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.

Leveraging emerging AI capabilities to enhance new and existing processes and automation

Developing scripts and tools to support the above functions.

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree

Have proven experience with network security analysis or intrusion management

Show experience with malware and vulnerability identification and mitigation

Have experience identifying software and application compromises and vulnerabilities

Have experience with the secure deployment and usage of infrastructure-as-a-service

Demonstrate experience working in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment

About Us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our Focus Is Simple

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai:

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $112,500 - $202,500/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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cambridge, MA, 02140, US

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