Job Description

Are you passionate about detecting and responding to real-world threats in a complex security landscape?

Are you a dynamic security engineering professional with experience in global enterprise environments?

Join our Information Security Engineering Group

Akamai's Information Security is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. Akamai is seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer to drive Cloud and Security Posture Management initiatives and improvements.

Shape Internet Security

In this role, you will collaborate with industry-leading security experts on a global team.

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

• Leading gap analysis between AWS/Azure/GCP security controls and Akamai Cloud (Linode) equivalents, identifying coverage gaps and remediation paths
• Contributing to consolidating CSPM, SSPM, and Exposure Management into a unified posture layer with shared severity and prioritization models
• Driving CSPM implementation and continuous improvement using Wiz.io
• Supporting osquery based threat hunting across Linode infrastructure. Conducting network and application security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies
• Interfacing with other teams, and driving improvements to our telemetry, detection, and response capabilities

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Bring 6 to 9 years of experience in information security, with significant focus on cloud security.
• Demonstrate expertise in two cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), covering security services, IAM models, networking, and control frameworks.
• Demonstrate broad and deep knowledge of the network security domain, including advanced TCP/IP and micro-segmentation concepts.
• Have solid knowledge of operating system internals (Linux) and network fundamentals
• Demonstrate Proficiency in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and data processing
• Demonstrate scripting expertise and previous involvement in developing or analyzing Internet protocols and related technologies.

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.