Director, Field Technology- Federal Defense & Intelligence

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 168,000 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Field CTO to engage defense and intelligence customers, advising on security at the edge and across cloud-native platforms.

The role focuses on zero-trust architectures, AI runtime defense, and influencing product strategy with direct interaction with senior government stakeholders and field teams. Frameworks like FedRAMP High and CMMC are central to the mission.

Qualifications

• Over 12 years of cybersecurity experience with a relevant technical background.
• Cross-functional work with field teams, customers, partners, and senior government stakeholders.
• Expertise in edge-native security, Zero Trust, and securing distributed workloads.
• Understanding AI Runtime Defense and security challenges of live AI models.

Responsibilities

• Represent Security and Defense Edge solutions to defense and IC customers.
• Collaborate with sales and growth teams to drive product strategy.
• Relay customer insights to product development and engineering teams.
• Engage with DoD/IC stakeholders and pursue security clearance if needed.

Skills

Edge security

Zero Trust

Public sector

AI Runtime Defense

Security evangelism

Stakeholder engagement

DoD IL4/IL5/IL6

Education

CS/Engineering background

Tools

FedRAMP High

IC Directive 705

CMMC

Job description

Would you like to engage with the Defense and Intelligence Community as an Akamai security evangelist?

Would you like to serve as a trusted advisor?

Come join our Field CTO Team!

The team advises public sector leaders, enabling secure, scalable applications using Akamai's distributed cloud, AI infrastructure, and zero-trust security solutions.

Partner with the best

This position involves engaging with Defense and Intelligence security stakeholders, including DoD, IC, and COCOMs. Responsibilities include representing Security and Defense Edge solutions, collaborating with sales and growth teams, and relaying customer insights to product development.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess over 12 of relevant cybersecurity experience with a background in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent.

• Enjoy working cross-functionally with field teams, customers, partners, and C-Suite/senior government stakeholders to drive product strategy

• Be an expert in edge-native security, Zero Trust architecture, and shrinking complex attack surfaces

• Secure distributed workloads by enforcing Zero Trust frameworks, protecting hybrid environments, and addressing emerging threats across diverse operational landscapes.

• Understand AI Runtime Defense: knowledge of the security challenges of live AI models and agentic workflows

• Have experience evangelizing and driving cybersecurity, edge defense, and technical initiatives across the broader public sector community

• Demonstrate knowledge of DoD Cloud Security Requirements Guide IL4/IL5/IL6, FedRAMP High, Intelligence Community Directive 705, and CMMC compliance frameworks.

• Have willingness or ability to obtain security clearance requirement.

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. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm_source=akamai&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $167,600 - $301,800/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides 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 including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affiate, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.