[Hiring] Security Architect II @Akamai

Role Description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Security Architect II.

• Turning compliance guidelines into business requirements, technical specifications, and frameworks for use by internal teams and external assessors.
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to understand Akamai web-scale systems and guiding the company to efficiently meet security obligations.
• Helping customers achieve their security objectives and fine-tune controls to help ensure optimal protection levels are achieved.
• Partnering with internal stakeholders such as sales reps, project managers, technical support, and engineering.
• Taking ownership for technical aspects of integration and supporting steps to go live, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in:
  • Computer Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Security
  • Electrical/Electronics Engineering
  • Telecommunication Networks
  • Information Systems
  • IT
• Completion of a university level course, internship, thesis, or research project involving:
  • Network traffic monitoring and analysis
  • DDoS detection and mitigation support
  • TCP/IP protocol suite (TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP/S, SSH, NTP, IPsec)
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs) configuration
  • Security incident monitoring and escalation
  • Log analysis and alert triage
  • Threat detection and analysis
  • Network security fundamentals
  • Incident documentation and reporting

Benefits

• We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
• FlexBase adapts to your job's needs.
• Akamai's FlexBase program is designed to support employees to do their best work.
• Trust in employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family-friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness.