Principal Security Compliance Specialist

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist Principal Lead to architect and drive enterprise-wide security compliance initiatives across global cloud environments.

You will oversee strategy, design scalable control frameworks, and lead end-to-end audit initiatives with cross-functional teams. We value a track record of translating complex compliance demands into strategic business enablement, and you will interact with senior leadership and external audit bodies to

Qualifications

• 10+ years relevant experience and a BA/BS or Graduate Degree.
• Experience with security compliance programs across DoD, NIST, FedRAMP, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC 1/2/3, GovRAMP.
• Experience in a Cloud Service Provider environment or with a Third-Party Assessment Organization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement unified control frameworks for DoD and federal authorization requirements.
• Collaborate with security architects, engineers, and system owners to design, test, and maintain verifiable controls.
• Serve as primary technical interface for 3PAOs, C3PAOs and external audit bodies.
• Manage end-to-end assessment lifecycles, evidence gathering, and remediations.
• Synthesize audit findings into actionable risk models and strategic briefings.
• Drive continuous monitoring and recurring audit workflows for ongoing readiness.

Skills

Security leadership

Audit coordination

Executive liaison

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

BA/BS or Graduate Degree

Tools

Cloud environments

3PAO/C3PAO coordination

Job description

Job Description

Do you relish the prospect of leading enterprise-wide security compliance and regulatory authorization initiatives?

Do you have a passion for architecting global Security Compliance frameworks across complex cloud environments?

Join our global InfoSec Security Compliance Team! Our Team is central to Akamai's commitment to monitor, understand and communicate about the evolving cyber-threat space. We are a team of security researchers, architects, analysts and subject matter experts. We translate compliance requirements into technically verifiable and architecturally sound controls that provide clear guidance, technical roadmaps, and executive explanations.

Partner with the best

You will be responsible for strategically driving and executing security compliance initiatives across our global enterprise portfolio. You will oversee compliance strategy and execution across any regulatory, industry, customer-driven, or defense framework. You will interpret complex requirements, design scalable control frameworks, and lead end-to-end audit initiatives by partnering with cross-functional teams.

As a Security Compliance Specialist Principal Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Architecting and implementing adaptable, unified control frameworks that allow engineering and product teams to satisfy commercial, federal, and DoD authorization requirements.
• Collaborating with security architects, software engineers, and system owners to design, test, and maintain technically verifiable controls mapped to diverse federal, defense, and international standards.
• Serving as primary technical interface for 3PAOs, C3PAOs, external audit bodies, and defense agencies.
• Managing end-to-end assessment lifecycles, evidence gathering, and finding remediations.
• Synthesizing complex compliance gaps, audit findings, and regulatory shifts into actionable risk models, written reports, and strategic briefings.
• Driving ongoing continuous monitoring and recurring audit workflows to ensure perpetual readiness across all existing and upcoming lifecycles.

Do What You Love

• Have 10+ years relevant experience and BA/BS or Graduate Degree
• Demonstrate success with security compliance programs across many frameworks. (DoD SRG IL4/IL5/IL6, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171/53, FedRAMP, SOC 1/2/3, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, or GovRAMP).
• Show prior experience working directly within a Cloud Service Provider environment or consultant/assessor with a Third-Party Assessment Organization.
• Have a proven track record of interfacing with senior executive leadership, government/defense stakeholders, and translating compliance demands into strategic business enablers.
• Have CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, CCA/CCP (CMMC Assessor/Professional), ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, or equivalent credentials.

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.

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.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $132,100 - $237,900/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.