Remote Security Architect II: Cloud & Edge

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect II to translate compliance guidelines into business requirements, technical specifications, and security frameworks.

The role spans cross-functional collaboration, ensuring Akamai's web-scale systems meet security obligations and enabling go-live with sound risk mitigation. The ideal candidate will own integration aspects, guide customers toward robust security postures, and partner with sales, PM, support and engineering to deliver

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in CS, software engineering, cybersecurity, information security, electrical/electronics/IT.
• Completion of university-level coursework or projects in network monitoring, DDoS detection, TCP/IP, ACLs, security incident analysis.
• Experience turning compliance guidelines into actionable security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Translate compliance guidelines into business requirements, technical specs and frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to meet security obligations for Akamai platforms.
• Own technical aspects of integration and go-live support, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Help customers achieve security objectives and fine-tune controls for optimal protection.

Skills

Network traffic monitoring

DDoS detection

Threat detection

Log analysis

Incident escalation

Education

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT

Tools

ACL configuration

TCP/IP protocol knowledge

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect II to translate compliance guidelines into business requirements, technical specifications, and security frameworks.

The role spans cross-functional collaboration, ensuring Akamai's web-scale systems meet security obligations and enabling go-live with sound risk mitigation. The ideal candidate will own integration aspects, guide customers toward robust security postures, and partner with sales, PM, support and engineering to deliver