Job Description

Are you excited about detecting and mitigating cyber attacks?

Would you enjoy protecting the world's leading brands?

Join our world class Security Operations Command Center

Our Team strives to be the most trusted support services partner and to keep our customers online businesses up and running. We utilize tools, process and knowledge to diagnose and resolve product, platform, and customer issues. Our team delivers managed services to proactively maintain quality and protect our customers' online presence.

Partner with the best

You will engage in critical network and attack-related events for our customers. As frontline defense, you'll be responsible for detecting and mitigating cyber attacks. In this fast-paced environment your exceptional support to customers will impact the future of the customer's and Akamai's business.

As a Security Architect Associate, you will be responsible for:

  • Engaging in cyber attack mitigation
  • Performing advanced packet analysis to identify attacks and threats
  • Managing and documenting technical issues, responses and requests to ensure information is recorded and updated
  • Providing support to customers to remedy and resolve network and connectivity issues
  • Communicating with customers regarding challenges and providing updates and results on your mitigation and analysis

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have relevant customer facing experience within a technical support or consulting environment
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how the Internet works, including hands-on experience with DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP/UDP protocols
  • Possess great communication skills including ability to explain complex technical content in English to global partners
  • Show knowledge of common OWASP top 10 and how they relate to internet services compromise or attacks
  • Have passion and ability to learn new tools and technologies and problem solve
  • Be able to work night shifts - 4 days per week for 10 hours.

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.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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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!

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