Senior Security Researcher - Remote

Do you enjoy digging into complex systems and understanding how they work through reverse engineering and debugging?

Would you like to share your research publicly through Akamai's blog and social channels, and speak in world-class security conferences?

Join Guardicore (now Akamai Enterprise Security Group)

Akamai is changing how organizations protect their environments from advanced threats and
that starts with our people. Our team boasts some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity and cloud experts in the field. We're always looking for new people to join us, inspire us, and make us better.

Join our Security Research Team and help build Akamai's security brand

As a member of the research team in the Enterprise Security Group, you will conduct varied security research: you will analyze products and technologies that are part of enterprise networks, reverse engineer malware that targets data centers and look for security vulnerabilities. Eventually, you will share your research findings with the community through blog posts, tweets and public speaking.

In this role you will be:

• Researching projects in various domains: Low-Level Vulnerability Research, Malware Analysis, Threat Intelligence, OS Internals and Cloud.
• Spreading the team's research through Akamai's blog, global conferences, webinars and other internal & external communications.
• Working closely with other security research teams to respond to breaking Cybersecurity news and share Akamai's perspective.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 4+ years of experience in security research: operating system internals, networking, malware analysis etc
• Have hands-on experience with disassemblers, debuggers and system monitoring tools (e.g. Sysinternals suite)
• Have the ability to develop tools and scripts to facilitate your research process
• Have good written and verbal skills

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

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

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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