Senior Enterprise Security Architect

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Milano; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

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FlexBase program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies GmbH is expanding its Enterprise Security Group in Milan, seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect/ESA to lead pre‑sales and architecture projects. You will drive PoCs, collaborate with customers on identity‑centric security models, and influence roadmaps while guiding teams and partners across security portfolios.

You should excel at presenting technical material to varied audiences, have deep knowledge of network security, cloud platforms, and Zero Trust concepts, and

Qualifications

• Experience in large, complex customer‑facing environments and technical sales cycles.
• Ability to present complex material to diverse audiences, virtually and in‑person.
• Knowledge of security concepts including zero trust, cloud, and network security.
• Fluency in Italian and English.

Responsibilities

• Own, shape, and run proofs‑of‑concepts, beta programs, and pre‑sales activities with customers and partner teams.
• Dive into enterprise architecture discovery and hands‑on software configuration.
• Strategize with customers moving to agile, identity‑centric security models.
• Take a consultative approach to solutions and address security transformation challenges.
• Educate and enable internal teams and partners on Enterprise portfolios to drive sales.
• Influence product roadmaps reflecting customer priorities.

Skills

Network security

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

XDR

Endpoint protection

Firewalls

Zero Trust

Public clouds

Kubernetes

Italian language

English language

Job description

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology and ensuring customer success?

Does Software Defined Segmentation/Zero Trust Security excite you?

Join our Enterprise Security Group

Our Enterprise Security Group is responsible for developing and selling Enterprise Access, Microsegmentation, and Interaction Security (Akamai Workforce Protector, formerly LayerX) products, while helping customers safely adopt AI and SaaS by closing the visibility and control gaps that traditional network and endpoint security leave behind.

Partner with the best

As a Senior ESA, you'll be the technical evangelist supporting customers with the adoption of our products and services. You'll play a pivotal role in demonstrating the value of our solutions, helping to close the sale. Our goal is to navigate an evolution within customers to a more secure, dynamic and agile infrastructure.

As a Senior Enterprise Security Architect , you will be responsible for:

• Owning, shaping, and running proof-of-concepts, beta programs, and pre-sales activities with customers and partner teams
• Diving into enterprise architecture discovery and hands-on software configuration
• Strategizing with and assisting customers as they move to more agile, secure, identity centric security models
• Taking a consultative approach to solutions and solving challenges around next generation security transformation
• Educating and enabling internal teams and partners regarding our Enterprise solution portfolios to motivate effective sales strategies
• Influencing product roadmaps and ensuring the inclusion of business priorities and requirements of customers

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience working in large, complex customer facing environments with responsibility for the technical sales cycle
• Be able to effectively present complex and technical material to varying audiences virtually and in-person
• Have knowledge of network security, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, endpoint protection, firewalls, and other cybersecurity concepts
• Have expertise with Zero Trust security concepts and technologies such as Network Security, SASE/SSE, ZTNA and Microsegmentation
• Display good understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud native technologies (Microservices, Kubernetes)
• Be fluent in Italian and English

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.

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