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🕒 April 21

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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

📱 Media

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media

Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.

📋 Description

• Collaborating with security and product teams to identify testing targets, define assessment scopes, and perform white-box penetration testing on Akamai products • Assessing risk vulnerabilities, communicate vulnerabilities to technical and non-technical audiences, and provide remediation guidance to developers • Re-test known vulnerabilities to validate that they've been fixed • Developing custom tools as needed to effectively test Akamai products. • Supporting Akamai's bug bounty programs by triaging researcher submissions and coordinating report remediation with internal product teams • Contributing to internal processes and documentation, share knowledge with team members

🎯 Requirements

• Have relevant experience with leading and performing penetration tests and/or red team engagements • Have experience with testing several of the following: web applications, mobile applications, client applications, cloud and networks • Be proficient in at least one programming language and understand common vulnerabilities, attack vectors and frameworks • Know how to remediate common vulnerabilities and be able to propose custom solutions based on application architecture and implementation • Have experience using tools like BurpSuite and IDAPro and techniques like fuzzing • Be driven, innovative individual who are highly motivated and possess solid self-learning abilities • Leverage AI and LLMs to enhance static and dynamic analysis, and create automation for code analysis and vulnerability discovery • Possess a collaborative working style and desire to work with a global team to improve the security of Akamai products

🏖️ Benefits

• Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavors