Associate Security Architect

Akamai Career Site; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Health benefits

Job summary

Akamai's Security Operations Command Center seeks an Associate Security Architect to monitor and mitigate real-time cyber threats for global brands. You will work with Akamai products and platforms to identify attacks, strategize mitigations, and coordinate with customers to communicate results.

The role emphasizes collaboration, deep understanding of internet protocols, and knowledge of OWASP Top 10. Join a world-class security team protecting online data and services.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience in Akamai Platform, networking, or web security.
• Solid understanding of internet basics (DNS, HTTP, IP protocols).
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and typical web threats.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; collaborative work style.

Responsibilities

• Detect and mitigate real-time attacks for Akamai's managed security customers.
• Identify attacks and threats and deploy mitigations using Akamai products and platform.
• Communicate challenges and results to customers throughout mitigation and analysis.
• Innovate tooling development and product enhancements.

Skills

Akamai Platform experience

Networking fundamentals

Web application security

OWASP Top 10 knowledge

Verbal and written communication

Team collaboration

Job description

Are you excited by the prospect of detecting and mitigating
the latest cyber attacks?

Do you enjoy safeguarding top global brands in a dynamic and engaging learning environment?

Join our world class Security Operations Command Center

Akamai's industry-leading Security Operations Command Center (SOCC) protects various enterprises. We hand hold our security customers against real-time cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism on daily basis. Partnering with other technical teams we detect and mitigate ongoing attacks, helping enterprises protect their online presence. We are the world leader in DDoS, web application
and bot-based attack mitigation.

Respond to cyber attacks in real time

As Associate Security Architect, you'll engage in critical network and attack-related events for Akamai's managed security customers. Help identify real time cyber-attacks, strategize & deploy mitigations while neutralizing adverse impact to the end users.

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

• Devising and engaging mitigation strategies to prevent real time attacks, using Akamai products & platform
• Performing advanced analysis to identify attacks and threats to customer's digital properties and/or their business network
• Communicating with customers regarding challenges and providing updates and results on your mitigation and analysis
• Innovating around tooling development & product enhancement.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Need to have 2 years relevant industry experience on Akamai Platform OR networking OR Web application Security
• Demonstrate knowledge of how the internet works, including, DNS. HTTP, Suite of IP Protocols
• Show knowledge of common OWASP top 10 and how they relate to internet services compromise or attacks
• Need to demonstrate excellent verbal & written communication skills and excellent collaboration &
  team work.

About us

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.

Benefits at Akamai:

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