Senior Security Engineer

Akamai; India; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Health benefits

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to partner with Development, Product, Support, and Sales Engineering in embedding security across cloud solutions. You will govern the vulnerability lifecycle, automate security workflows, and ensure SSDLC compliance to protect enterprise applications.

You will collaborate with engineering and operations teams, leverage AWS/GCP/Azure/Linode, and apply standards like FedRAMP, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and SOC2 while guiding incident response and customer

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in security engineering.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, DevOps, GRC).
• Experience with modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, Linode).
• Familiarity with industry standards (FedRAMP, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC2).
• Experience configuring security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, CSPM).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (C, Java, Golang, Python, JavaScript).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the vulnerability management lifecycle across engineering teams.
• Automate workflows to reduce developer friction in security operations.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Identify and remediate critical security issues with development and infra teams.
• Lead SSDLC practices to strengthen security across the SDLC.
• Mitigate vulnerabilities in code and infrastructure in partnership with teams.
• Serve as lead security SME during incident response and customer escalations.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud platforms

Collaboration

Security testing tools

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

IaC scanning

CSPM

Job description

Do you enjoy collaborating with engineers and architects to shape products for billions of online users?

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Join our team

The Application Security Team works with Development, Product, Support, and Sales Engineering teams to ensure secure, high-quality products for customers.

Partner with the best

Seeking a Senior Security Engineer to provide technical expertise and collaborate with engineering teams, embedding security in cloud solutions. This role involves safeguarding enterprise applications while fostering a security-focused culture. Success requires guiding individuals, refining processes, and leveraging technical skills to ensure comprehensive protection and alignment across systems and teams.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Governing the vulnerability management lifecycle by overseeing processes, tooling, and remediation efforts across all engineering teams.
• Automating workflows and processes to reduce developer friction, toil, and manual overhead across daily security operations.
• Collaborating with GRC and Engineering teams to ensure compliance with industry security standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Partnering closely with development and infrastructure teams to identify and remediate critical security issues and vulnerabilities.
• Implementing comprehensive SSDLC practicesImplementing comprehensive Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices to strengthen security throughout the entire development process.
• Mitigating vulnerabilities and security weaknesses in code and infrastructure through partnership with operations and engineering teams.
• Serving as a lead security subject matter expert during incident response efforts and customer security escalations.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Demonstrate capability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional engineering and DevOps teams, fostering a cooperative security-focused culture.
• Work within contemporary cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and Linode, leveraging expertise in these environments effectively.
• Demonstrate expertise in industry compliance standards such as FedRAMP, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and SOC2.
• Gain experience configuring and operating core security testing tools, including SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, and CSPM in enterprise SSDLC pipelines.
• Demonstrate expertise in at least one programming language such as C, Java, Golang, Python, or JavaScript.

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:

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.