Security Architect - Product Security & AI, Remote/Hybrid

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Equity awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Parental leave

Mental and financial wellness program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect to enhance security across Akamai's products and platforms. You will collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to embed secure design principles, address vulnerabilities, and drive security-focused decisions.

This role emphasizes AI security integration and incident response across a global product portfolio. To succeed, you should bring deep security architecture expertise, breadth across cloud and network security, and

Qualifications

• Experience in security architecture in a large, global environment.
• Stay current with the latest security technologies and threats.
• Remediate vulnerabilities and propose custom solutions.
• Breadth across cloud security, network security, cryptography, etc.
• Experience with threat modeling frameworks such as STRIDE or STAMP.
• Ability to communicate complex security to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Perform security-focused design reviews across products, systems and networks.
• Partner with development and infrastructure teams to remediate issues.
• Collaborate with product teams on secure design and development choices.
• Provide guidance on security practices and answer questions.
• Serve as SME during incidents and remediation projects.
• Identify tools and processes to meet security/compliance requirements.
• Integrate responsible use of AI into workflows and product security.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Network security

Threat modelling

Vulnerability remediation

Security incident response

Security communication

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect to enhance security across Akamai's products and platforms. You will collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to embed secure design principles, address vulnerabilities, and drive security-focused decisions.

This role emphasizes AI security integration and incident response across a global product portfolio. To succeed, you should bring deep security architecture expertise, breadth across cloud and network security, and