Security Architect II

🕒 May 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

• Ensuring seamless security and delivery by managing technical lifecycles, from initial setup, troubleshooting, and testing to production deployment. • Designing the end-to-end lifecycle of customer configurations, incorporating CDN, WAF, API Security, Bot Management, and additional solutions for seamless delivery. • Analyzing traffic and system architecture, and customizing security solutions to address and remediate security challenges. • Managing and documenting technical issues, stakeholder responses, and requests to ensure information is consistently recorded and up to date across projects. • Collaborating with cross-functional project teams to scope, set timelines, create technical solutions, and support ongoing implementations • Leveraging automation through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Akamai CLI) and scripting (Python, Powershell) to streamline configurations and deployments where possible. • Leveraging a robust technical toolkit like Web Developer Tools, Postman, cURL, and Burp Suite to validate, optimize, and troubleshoot workflows.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrate 6+ years of experience in security technologies, processes, concepts, and formal education in computer science/engineering • Demonstrate expertise in internet fundamentals, DNS, routing, HTTP, TCP, TLS certificate lifecycle, application security, and APIs. • Be able to analyze web traffic, web architectures, and customize Akamai security solutions to answer customers' security issues • Have expertise in OWASP, network security products, application firewalls, server, and client-side application architecture • Demonstrate an automation-first approach, utilizing Terraform, Akamai CLI, and scripting, maintain an AI-forward mindset, continuously learning and adapting to AI-driven trends. • Focus on delivering impactful results while clearly conveying complex technical information through exceptional communication and presentation skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development