Security Architect II

Security Architect II

145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings):
Security Architect II Designing, planning, and delivering security solutions for large enterprise customers. Leading the planning, installation and integration of our products in diverse environments using automation and configuration tools. Working with customers throughout project life-cycle, deploying and configuring state of the art Micro-Segmentation and Security platforms. Delivering advanced professional services such as training, expansions, configurations and optimizations. Training our customers and stakeholders on our products to ensure they gain maximum value from our solutions.

Liaising with cross-functional teams to resolve customer issues in a timely manner and drive customer post-sales satisfaction. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States.

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication Networks, Information Systems, or IT, plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or closely related technical role.

Two (2) years of experience in the following:
Web application & API security; bot detection & mitigation tuning; application hardening; DNS security & management; rate limiting, token validation, schema enforcement, and client behavior analysis; SIEM Integration;
Splunk & Microsoft Sentinel for threat monitoring;
Prolexic Routed & Proxy; DDoS attack mitigation including zero-day threats;
Observability Tools such as Traffic Peak & Datastream 2 for anomaly detection & performance monitoring; CI/CD Pipeline Integration;
Security Compliance & Standards such as OWASP, PCI-DSS security configuration walkthroughs; and AI Application Security.

Alternatively, employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication Networks, Information Systems, or IT, plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered or closely related technical role.

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.

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