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

Would you like the opportunity to solve critical technical challenges?

Join our Information Security Team!

Akamai Compute Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai Compute, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. We address global security challenges and make the cloud a safer place.

Partner with the best

You will work on the analysis and implementation of tools to strengthen the security posture at Akamai. Expect to do studies on preventive tools for identity and access management, intrusion detection, and vulnerability detection. You will help Akamai's Compute culture to become more agile, innovative and dynamic.

As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for:

  • Building proof of concept security control prototypes within the scope provided by the security leader and engineers.
  • Triaging vulnerabilities submitted by Security Researchers through our HackerOne bug bounty program and other threat/vulnerability sources.
  • Analyzing & monitoring external attack surface, threats and develop mitigation solutions to protect Akamai Computes services.
  • Implementing, maintaining and improving the accuracy of existing automation tools to help reduce false positives.
  • Instilling a secure-by-design culture throughout the entire company by educating security best practices.
  • Participating in projects including: Asset inventory & Classification, Identity & Access Management and Vulnerability Management

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have obtained or working towards a degree closely related to this position (Computer Science, CyberSecurity, etc)
  • Have a high-level understanding of Linux, virtualization and networking concepts. Must also possess the ability to apply programming skills to solve problems or automate controls.
  • Have Automation experience using Python, Go, or Shell scripting
  • Be knowledgable in network security technologies such as as WAF, DNS protection, EAA, Guardicore, zeek, Suricata, Wazuh
  • Have experience managing and deploying security solutions at scale
  • Have exceptional communication skills to work with collaborative cross-functional teams of peers and departments within the company
Technical Skills
Is a Remote Job?
Remote
Employment Type
Full time

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