Job Description

Do you want to see your data insights directly strengthen the defenses of critical security products?

Do you thrive on dissecting complex data to outsmart sophisticated attackers?

The Adversarial Response Team (ART) is the final escalation tier for Akamai's Bot Manager Premier (BMP) and Account Protector products (APR) — sitting at the intersection of data science and security operations. We resolve the most complex False Positive (FP) and False Negative (FN) cases escalated from Professional Services (PS) and SOCC-DS teams, and translate real-world incidents into durable improvements in detection accuracy.

Shape internet security

As a Data Scientist on ART, you will own escalated case analysis end-to-end: diagnosing detection failures, engineering targeted fixes, and surfacing systemic trends that drive long-term improvements in our detection models and logic. You serve as the technical bridge between PS/SOCC operations and the Expert data science research group.

As a Data scientist , You will be responsible for,

• Investigate FP/FN and product escalations from PS and SOCC related to BMP and Account Protector.

•Perform deep-dive analysis on traffic patterns, request signatures, behavioral signals, and telemetry to identify root causes.

•Develop and validate targeted fixes — rule tuning, threshold adjustments, feature engineering — and communicate findings clearly to teams.

•Analyze trends across case history to identify recurring FP/FN patterns and systemic gaps in detection coverage.

•Author well-scoped, well-documented research tickets for novel or unresolved issues, providing sufficient context to accelerate resolution by the expert-DS team.

•Serve as the technical bridge between PS/SOCC operations and the core data science research group — translating operational case data into actionable research signals.

To be successful in this role you will:

• 2–5 years of experience in data science or applied analytics within a production environment
• Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis and solid SQL skills for querying and analyzing large-scale event and telemetry datasets.
• Hands-on experience in web and application security, including bot detection, credential stuffing, account takeover (ATO), fraud, and other forms of automated abuse.
• Proven experience working with commercial bot mitigation, fraud detection, risk management, or application security platforms, including tools such as WAFs and bot detection solutions.
• Solid understanding of Internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, and TLS/SSL, including how they are used and exploited in automated attack methods.
• Experience analyzing multi-dimensional threat signals, including behavioral biometrics, device fingerprinting, IP intelligence, session behavior, and request patterns

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

We are happy to discuss flexible working options in this role, please discuss your requirements with the recruiter when you apply.

Working with us

At Akamai, we’re curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought, and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you’ll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

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

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Innovating on a global scale, we deliver our customers a fast, smart and secure intelligent edge platform. Working against a backdrop of digital collaboration, our highly skilled teams build progressive solutions that have the scope to transform entertainment, business, and life in ways that we have yet to imagine.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to learn and make a real impact in a global technology company? Come join us and learn with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!